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INTRODUCTION, 

BY DU. SPUINa. 



The object of the present work is clearly announced in 
its title. It is to collect within a small compass the in- 
structions of unerring wisdom upon a great variety of sub- 
jects which relate to the present and eternal interests of 
men, and comprising the doctrines and duties of a super- 
natural revelation. A reference to the list of subjects 
which the work contains, will show that the author's re- 
searches have been extensive ; while a comparison of the 
work with others of the same general character evinces 
patient labor, and cannot fail to give it pre-eminence. 
While the track pursued is not new, it is more thorough, 
and more easily followed than that marked out by any pre- 
vious compiler known to myself. The work contains not 
merely the proof texts on the subjects to which it refers ; 
but, what appears to my own mind one of its excellences, 
the texts that illustrate these great subjects. The work is 
truly an epitome of the Bible, presenting its great truths in 
that order in which they will be most easily found by the 
reader. Though the arrangement of the subjects is alpha- 
betical, in the illustration of the subjects themselves the 
author has observed that connection between one truth and 
another which gives to each its proper place. To minis- 
ters, Sabbath Schoolteachers, Sabbath Schools, and families 
the work is of great value. It is fit on every account that 
the author should be encouraged in this production ; but 
chiefly for its own intrinsic worth. The work is an unpre- 
suming, yet dignified tribute to the word of God, worthy 
the acceptance of the church, and one which every man 

may prize. 

GARDINER SPRING. 

Brick Church Chapelt New York, March, 1845. 



NOTICES OF THE WORK. 



From Dr. Woods. 
Dear Sir— After attending very carefully to your Scripture Manual, 
I am free to say, that the work appears to me to be one of uncommon 
importance ; and I shall be much gratified, if the thought and time I 
have devoted to it may contribute to render it more acceptable to the 
public, and more permanently useful. I consider your Text Book to be 
remarkably well suited to the object in view, and likely to be the book 
which will satisfy not only common people, but ministers, and all men 
of logical minds and a cultivated taste. It is my confident opinion, that 
it will take the place of all other works of the kind, and that nothing 
else will be called for or attempted for a great while to come. 

LEONARD WOODS. 



Theol Seminary, Andover, Feb. 3, 1845. 

From Dr. Weeks. 

Having spent considerable time in a careful examination of the 
third edition of Mr. Simmons's Scripture Manual, I am happy to state, 
that I think it contains important improvements upon the former edi- 
tions. The statement and arrangement of the great subjects of doctrine 
and duty, and the selection of the most appropriate texts on each sub- 
ject, cannot fail, I think, to render this work highly acceptable and 
useful. Ministers of the gospel, instructors in Sabbath Schools, and all 
who make the Bible their study, will find their labors greatly facilitated 
by it. As a family book, I know of no work of human compilation so 
full of instruction, admonition, and consolation, and so worthy of a place 
in every house. WM. R. WEEKS. 

Newark, Feb. 1845. 

From a Notice by Dr. Ide of Medway, Ms. 
The diligent author of the Scripture Manual deserves the thanks of 
the Christian public, for his seasonable and valuable work, so well suited, 
not only to aid Christians and ministers in the investigation and defence 
of the truth, but to meet and counteract a host of destructive errors, 
now prevalent in our land. It is hoped that he will receive the liberal 
patronage of the public in this very commendable effort to do good. 

From a Notice by Dr. Storrs, Braintree, Ms. 
The Scripture Manual is a work of unquestionable value. None of 
the questions it proposes are unimportant, and the answers given to 
them in the words of the Holy Spirit are select, full, and judicious. I 
know of no other compilation of God's truth, prepared by uninspired 
mind, that I should so heartily rejoice to find in the hands of every 
family of my charge — indeed, in every family in the land. 

« 

From Dr. Pond. 

I have run my eye over your Scripture Manual, and think it an ex- 
cellent book of reference for ministers and private Christians. As a 
help in the selection of proof texts, on almost any subject in the Bible, 
I know of nothing of equal value. ENOCH POND. 

Theo. Seminary, Bangor, Me. 



NOTICES OF THE WORK. 

From Professor Goodrich. 

I have examined your Scripture Manual, and am pleased with the 
plan. There is a great deal of judgment and discrimination in the 
selection of topics, and the development of truth. You have succeeded 
excellently in avoiding the trammels of human systems, and bringing 
out the mind of God on almost every important topic. 

New Haven, Ct. E. A. GOODRICH. 



From Professor Stowe. 

I like your plan, and think it far preferable to Gaston's. In this day 
of unbelief and fanaticism, of death slumber and convulsive fits, I hope 
your book will be an efficient help in bringing men back to the only 
God-given rule of faith and practice, the Bible. 

Lane Seminary, Ohio. C. E. STOWE. 

From Rev. Calvin E. Park, N. Andover, Ms. 
The somewhat careful attention which I have had occasion to pay to 
the Scripture Manual, has convinced me of its great utility. Its supe- 
riority to other works of a similar character, is, to my own mind, very 
apparent. The clear light in which it places the most important truths 
of religion — the ample evidence it exhibits in then- favor — and especially 
the prominence which is given to the duties of religion, together with 
the close connection which is made to appear between the doctrines of 
the gospel and its practical precepts, are striking excellencies of the 
work. My earnest wish is, that it may have a wide circulation. 

FVom a Notice in the N. York Observer, Sep. 28, 1844. 
This is a wort which must have cost the compiler a vast amount of labor, and 
will, therefore, as its title shows, be a labor-saving machine. The design of the 
work is excellent, the execution, in the main, judicious, and we commend it as a 
valuable aid in the comparison of scripture with scripture. 



From a Notice in the Christian Watchman, Boston, May 31, 1844. 
In selecting and arranging texts of Scripture, the author has had particular refe- 
rence to the prevailing errors of the times, and has adjusted his texts to meet them, 
so that it is, to a great degree, a book for the times. 



From a Notice in the N. York Evangelist, May 23, 1844. 
- Against the standing errors which infest our churches, the author has made his 
selections bear with great effect It will be found a useful and convenient com- 
panion for the Bible class and the family circle. 



From a Notice in the Boston Recorder, May 16, 1844. 
To the teacher and scholar in the Sabbath School, it will be found of great 
use ; and all who wish to systematize the study of the Scriptures, may employ it 
to advantage. 



From a Notice in the New England Puritan, May 17, 1844. 
No person can sit down to the thorough and prayerful study of this volume, without 
finding his mind greatly enriched with stores of biblical instruction, and his heart 
refreshed with heavenly consolations. 



From a Notice in the Newark Daily Advertiser, Feb. 4, 1845. 
It seems to us to be an ingenious and successful attempt to form a methodical and 
entire system of Christian duty and doctrine out of scripture texts ; so arranged and 
classified under appropriate heads, that the whole teaching of the sacred volume, 
fio far as is practicable, upon the several leading doctrines of Christianity, and the 
social and religious obligations and privileges of men, may be clearly and fully ex- 
hibited in their natural connexions, without mutilation, or a word of comment. 




PREFACE TO THE STEREOTYPE EDITION. 



It was said even before the art of printing, " of making many books 
there is no end." But a well-selected and arranged Text Book would 
fill a chasm in theological Uterature, and is greatly needed. It is unac- 
countable that this object has been so long neglected, when its utility is 
so obvious. The manner in which Gaston and some others have thrown 
together numerous texts of Scripture, having more affinity of phraseol- 
ogy than of meaning, and with too Uttle regard to system and order, 
has caused many persons to lay their works aside for the Concordance, 
and Reference Bible. The Scripture Manual owes its origin to a 
strong conviction of the need of a book that should more fully embrace 
the distinctive features of the evangelical system — bear more effectually 
against the modern and deceitful forms of error and vice, and assume a 
more convenient order. The two first editions were the result of indi- 
vidual effort. The second edition (nearly twice the size of the first) 
met with so favorable a reception as not only enabled me to devote my 
time during most of the past year to making additions, but led me to 
secure efficient aid, by promising a generous compensation. One of the 
oldest professors of theology in the country, contrary to his first inten- 
tions, employed several weeks, principally in improving the order of the 
work. Another, with much experience in teaching both theological and 
classical science, and well versed in the original languages of the Bible, 
has repeatedly examined every part and feature of the work, and made 
critical and general remarks, both upon the proof-texts and the arrange- 
ment. An esteemed brother in the ministry looked over all the letters 
from the correspondents for the work, and helped me much in deciding 
upon proposed additions and alterations, and in making improvements. 
The more attention any correspondent has given the subject, the deeper 
has appeared his conviction of its importance, and the more has he been 
disposed to make exertions to help it forward. This aid, with more or 
less help from near twenty others, several of whom devoted considerable 
time and thought to the subject, has been of very great service in pre- 
paring the present edition. The copy has been cut firom Bibles issued by 
the American Bible Society, so as to secure accuracy in the italic words, 
pointing, and reference to verses. 

In, selecting topics, care has been taken to embrace those which have 
a prominence in the Bible, and which in all ages have been considered 
of primary importance in theological and moral inquiry. Such mani- 
festly are those which relate to the perfections, prerogatives, designs, prov- 
idence, and law of God — the character, rights, and destiny of mem — the 
economy of grace, or way and terms of salvation through Christ — our 



▼ni PREFACE. 

essential duties towards God and each other, and civil and religious insti- 
tutions. And on subjects where there is a prevailing disposition to over- 
look the lessons of past experience, and to run into manifest errors, dis- 
orders, and delusions, there I have aimed to be the more particular in col- 
lecting the testimony of the sacred writers, to counteract them. 

Christian nations are far more indebted to the Bible for their elevation 
above heathenism than is commonly believed. The revealed facts re- 
specting God and his designs and government— the precepts of his law, 
clothed with infinite authority— the promises of his grace and the threat- 
enii of his justice, when properly impressed upon the hearts and con- 
sciences of mankind, are the best safeguards against disgraceful and 
ruinous vices. It is of the greatest consequence to the cause of civil or- 
der, and earthly happiness, as well as to the interests of the soul, that 
these truths and facts should be kept prominently before the pubUc mind. 
All past experience and history confirms this observation. And it is cer- 
tainly desirable to have a well-arranged and copious selection and clas- 
sification of Bible truths, for the use of the pastor's study, the editorial 
closet, the family circle, and the school-room, for occasional use. Com- 
paratively few persons have a good Concordance, and those who have 
will find it a great saving of time to have an alphabetical and systematic 
Text Book, embracing the principal subjects of the Bible, with a suflSi- 
cient number of proof-texts for common use. Who can calculate the im- 
portance of such a book in a family of children, with a faithful parent 
to see that each child is often directed to read such select portions of the 
Bible as bear with the greatest effect against those errors, vices, or faults 
to which he is particularly exposed *? The influence of Sabbath Schools 
would also be more salutary and permanent, should their teachers and 
managers give a greater prominence in their instructions to the didactic 
parts of the Bible, and labor more to make their pupils understand the 
true gospel of the grace of God, in distinction from all its counterfeits. 
Such a course of instruction, or any course adapted to fortify the juve- 
nile mind against ruinous errors and vices, would find frequent use for a 
Text Book adapted to that end. 

I now commit the success of this work to the overruling providence of 
that Being who has mercifully sustained and helped me during its prep- 
aration. If it shall tend to confirm the public mind in revealed truth, 
and become a guard against those errors and vices which lead to death, 
as is confidently hoped, the labor of preparing it will not have been in 
vain. 

CHARLES SIMMONS. 

North Wrentham, Mass., March, 1845. 



NOTICE. 

Where two or more references follow from the same book, the last reference to 
book, connected with a verse, is the guide. 



INDEX. 



N. B. The references are to the number of topics, on the top of the pages. Fig- 
ures in a parenthesis refer to specifications which are inserted under a few of the 
subjects. i 



Ability of God to sanctify, 494. 

Of man, 289. 
Abrahamic covenant, 104 — 7. 
Acceptance with God, 489. 
Activity and dependence, 253. 

In conversion, 505 — 6. 
Adam's sin, consequences, 150. 
Adoption, 490. 
Adultery, 361—3. 
Afflictions common, 1. 

From God, 2. 

Beneficial, 3. 

Short, 4. 

Support under, 5. 

Demand sympathy, 6. 

Misimproved, 7. 
Aged, duties towards, 8. 
Agency of God, 243. 

Of the Spirit 499—501. 
Alms-giving, 421, 450. 
Amusements, 9. 
Angels, how employed, 10. 
Angels apostate, 11. 

Character and devices, 12, 
13. 

Suggestions of, 14. 

To be resisted, 15. 
Anger, sin and folly of, 597. 
Apostates, 16. 

End of, 17. 

Never truly regenerated, IS. 
Assurance of hope, 326. 
Atheism and unbelief, 592. 
Atonement, see Redemption, 

484. 
Backbiting, 589. 
Backsliding common, 19. 

Offensive to God, 20. 
Backsliders, precepts for, 21. 



Bad company, 109. 

Baptism, [No. 1] design of, 22. 

Proper administrators, 23. 

Proper subjects, 24. 

Mode of, 25. 

John's baptism, [No. 2] 27. 

Christ baptized, 28. 

Enjoined, 29. 

Oi' households, 30. 

Import and modes of, 31. 
Bearing injuries, 196, 428. 
Benevolence of God, 214. 

Of Christ, 49, 51. 

Of saints, 547. 

Disinterested, 369. 

Works of, 364, 450 
Bible inspired, 32. 

True 33. 

Will'be fulfilled, 34. 

Confirmed by miracles, 35. 
B}'^ prophecy, 36. 

Intelligible, 37. 

The rule of faith, 38. 

The means of grace, 39. 

To be taught and read, 40. 

A written revelation, 41. 

Sin of perverting it, 42. 
Bishops, 89, 90. 
Blasphemy, see Swearing, 577. 
Blessedness of God, 212, 213. 

Of heaven, 313. 
Bhndness of sinners, 165. 

And delusion, 249. 
Boasting, 422, 553. 
Boldness, 403.' 
Bond-service, 558. 
Bridling the tongue, 591. 
Brotherly love, 99. 
Capital crimes, 296. 



INDEX. 



Censoriousness, 589. 
Charity, see Love, 368. 
Chastisement of children, 424. 
Chastity required, 362. 
Cheerfulness, 43. 
Chief end of God, 203. 

Of man, 272. 
Children, docile, &c. 44. 

Duties of to parents, 45. 

Correction of, 46. 
Childhood, season of, 47. 
Christ's example, 48. 

Self-denial, 49. 

Deadness to the world, 50. 

Love and compassion, 51. 

Condescension, 52. 

Meekness and modesty, 53. 

Dihgence, 54. 

Prayerfulness, 55. 
Christ, a preacher, 56. 

A reprover, 57. 

Applauded, 58. 

Persecuted unto death, 59. 
Christ's humanity, 60. 

Dependence, 61. 

Subjection as a son, 62. 

Exaltation, 63. 

Divine titles, 64. 

Equality with God, 65. 

Divine attributes, 66. 

Divine works, 67, 68. 

Divine honors, 69, 70. 

Offices, 71. 

Mystery, 72. 

Final triumph, 73. 
Christ a king, 74. 
Christ's spiritual kingdom, 75. 
Generally opposed, 76. 
Will overthrow others, 

77, 78. 
And occasion joy, 79. 
A general warning, 80. 
Its progress, 81. 
Its duration, 82. 
Church, design of, 83. 

Foundation of, 84. 

Beloved and prayed for, 85. 

Safe, 86. 

Its head and lawgiver. 87, 88. 

Its officers, 89, 90. 



Church convention, 91. 

Ordinances, 92 — 94. 

Profession, 95. 

Order and discipline, 96. 

Edification, 97. 

One body, 98. 

Fellowship and unity, 99 — 
102. 

Divisions, 100. 

Root and branches, 103. 

Covenant, [Abrahamic] 104. 
Involves true religion, 105. 
Seal of, 106. 

Included offspring, 107. — 
Not abolished, 108. 
Civil government^ 292 — 8. 
Companions, good and bad, 

109. 
Compassion to sufferers, 6. 

Of God, 215,447. 

Of Christ, 51. 
Complacency, divine, 433. 
Condescension, 110. 

Of Christ, 52. 
Conditions of the gospel, 279. 

Of salvation, see Terms, 
Confession of sin. 111. 
Conformity to the world, 172. 
Conscience, faculty of, 112. 

Seared and defiled, 113. 

Often misleads, 114. 

Will not always sleep, 115. 

To be enlightened and obey- 
ed, 116. 

Ofothers to be respected, 117. 

Comforts of, 118. 
Consideration, 119. 
Contempt and scorn, 467. 
Contending for truth, 184. 
Contention, quarrelsome, 597. 
Contentment, 120. 
Convention, ecclesiastical, 91. 
Conversion, see Regeneration, 
494. 

Of the Jews, 350. 
Conviction, 496. 
Courtesy, 121. 
Covenant of redemption, 483. 

Abrahamic, 104 — 8. 
Covetousness, 122, 123. 



INDEX. 



XI 



Creation, its author, 124. 
Time employed in, 125. 
Use of the stars, 126. 
Wisdom of creation, 127. 
Crucifixion of Christ. 59. 
Cruelty, 163, 567. 

To servants, 561. 
Cursing, see Swearing, 577. 
Custom, power of, 128. 
Darkness, works of, 161. 
Day of judgment, 140. 
Deacons, 89, 90. 
Death, came by sin, 129. 
The common lot of all, 130. 
Time of appointed, 131. 
Ordered by God, 132. 
Soon approaches, 133. 
Often sudden, 134. 
. Destroys not the soul, 135. 
Desirable to the good, 136. 
Patient waiting for, 137. 
Dreadful to the wicked, 138. 
Preparation for, 139. 
The second, 474. 
In impenitence, 475. 
Of Christ, 59. 

And general judgment, 140. 
Why appointed, 141. 
Will come suddenly, 142. 
Destruction of earth, 143. 
Final separation, 144. 
Will reveal Christ, 145. 
Secret things revealed, 

146. 
Final decisions of, 147. 
Deceit and falsehood, 370, 371. 
Deceiving ourselves, 556. 
Decrees of God, 233. 
Delight in God, 543. 
Delusion, 165, 249. 
Dependence, 244, 245. 

And activity, 253. 
Depravity, man's fall, 149. 
Early consequences of, 150. 
Ground of punishment, 151. 
Nature of, 152. 
Its relation to law, 153. 
Its prevalence, 154. 
• Native, 155. 
Total, and strong, 156, 157. 



Depravity, enmity against 
God, 158. 

Disobeying God, 159. 

Forgetting God, 160. 

Works of darkness, 161. 

Sensuality, 162. 

Ingratitude and cruelty, 163. 

Stupidity and ignorance, 
164, 165. 

Deceit and hypocrisy, 166, 7. 

Under restraint, 168. 

Identity of in all ages, 169. 
Despondency, 170. 
Devices of Satan, 13. 
Devils, 11—15. 
Diet, 194. 

Dignity of man, 372. 
Diligence, 171. 

Of Christ, 54. 
Directions to sinners, 506, 
Discipline of church, 96. 
Dishonesty, 594. 
Disinterested love, 369. 
Disobedience to God, 159. 

To parents, 424. 
Divine perfections, 204 — 228. 
Divine teaching, 504. 
Divinity of Christ, 64—71. 

Of the Holy Spirit, 319. 
Divisions and separations, 100. 
Divorce, 377. 
Dress, 172. 

Drunkenness, 337 — 341. 
Early piety, 47. 
Edification, 97. 
Effectual calling, 502. 
Elders of the church, 90. 
Election, national, 237. 

Individual, 238. 
Enmity against God, 158. 
Envy, 173. 

Error, destructive, 174. 
Trials of, 175. 

To be refuted, 404. 
Errorists to be avoided, 176« 

To be reproved, 404. 
Example required, 177. 
Good and bad, 178. 
Of Christ, 48. 
Excommunication, 96. 



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INDEX. 



Excuses of sinners, 290, 291. 
Expostulation, divine, 287. 
Extortion, 595. 
Extravagance, 179. 
Faith, its nature, 180. 

In Ctirist and in truth, 181. 
Examples, and effects of, 182. 
Strength of, required, 183. 
Contending lor, 184. 
Of miracles, 185, 186. 
Spurious, 187. 
Faithfulness of God, 216—491. 
Fall of man, 149. 
False teachers, 414—416. 
Fasting, directions for, 188. 

ExempHfied, 189. 
Faults to be reproved, 513. 
Fear of God, 267, 403. 

Of man forbidden, 267, 403. 
Fellowship with God, 543. 
Of saints, 99—101. 
Of errorists forbidden, 176, 
415. 
Female industry, 190. 
Piety and kindness, 191. 
Subordination and speaking, 
192. 
Fighting, 595. 
Flattery, 193. 
Food, directions for, 194. 
Fools, 195. 
Folly of sin, 595. 
Forbearance required, 196. 
Abused, 197. 
Of God, 217. 
Of saints, 546. 
Foreknowledge of God, 209. 
Forgetting God, 160. 
Forgiveness divine, 489. 

Required, 198. 
Formalism, 187. 
Fornication, 361 — 363. 
Fraud, 594. 
Free agency, 253. 
Free inquiry, 531, (2.) 
Friendship, 199. 
Spurious, 200. 
Future punishment, 471 — 482. 
Gendeness, 429, 546. 
Glory of God, 205, 272, 273. 



Glory of Christ, 73. 

Of saints in heaven, 314, 315. 
Glorifying God, 272, 273. 
Gluttony, 194. 

God, known by his works, 201. 
A moral agent, 202. 
Made all for himself, 203. 
God's eternity, 204. 

Greatness and majesty, 205. 
Invisibility, 206. 
Immutability, 207. 
Omnipotence, 208. 
Omniscience and foreknowl- 
edge, 209. 
Omnipresence, 210. 
Self-existence, 211. 
Blessedness, 212, 213. 
Benevolence, 214. 
Compassion, 215. 
Faithfulness, 216. 
Forbearance, 217. 
Goodness, 218. 
Holiness, 219. 
Impartiality, 220. 
Justice and righteousness, 

221. 
Mercy and kindness, 222. 
Sovereignty, 223. 
Truth, 224. 

Vindicative justice, 225,226. 
Wisdom, 227. 
Zeal, 228. 

Mode of existence, 229, 230. 
God's prerogative of property 
in us, 231. 
Over natural law, 281, (2.) 
To give law, 231, (3.) 
To regenerate ornot,231,(4.) 
To try by tempters, 231, (5.) 
To form the heart, 231, (6.) 
To employ creatures,231,(7.) 
To require life, 231, (8.) 
To punish by rulers, 231, (9.) 
To vindicate, 131, (10.^ 
God's regard for his rights, 232 
God's purposes, perfect, 233. 
Eternal, 234. ^ 
Universal, 235. 
Respecting evils, 236. 
In national election, 237. 



INDEX. 



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God's purposes in personal 
election, 238. 

Previous to faith, 239. 

Respecting vessels of 
wrath, 240. 

Include means, 241. 

Encourage means, 242. 
God's providence, universal, 
243. 

Supplies our wants, 244. 

Upholds all, 245. 

Preserves all, 246. 

Controls the heart, 247. 

Controls popular favor, 
248. 

Over moral evil, 249. 

Brings good out of evil, 
250. 

Not approves sin, 251 

Motives of God, 252. 

Freedom under, 253. 

Objections and objectors, 
254, 255. 

Wonderful, 256. 

Reasons for, 257. 

Will glorify him, 258. 

Demands submission, 259. 

Wisdom of viewing, 260. 
God's law supreme, 261. 

Sacred, 262. 

Reasonable, 263. 

Requires perfection, 264. 

Penalty of, 265. 
God's requirements, love, 266. 

To fear him, 267. 

To trust in him, 268. 

To obey and worship, 269. 

To rejoice in him, 270. 

To submit to him. 271. 

To honor him, 272, 273. 

Reasonable, 274. 
God's reward of obedience, 
275. 

Punishment of disobedi- 

' ence, 276. 
Godliness, gain of, 530. 
Good out of evil, 250. 
Goodness of God, 218. 
Gospel, its origin, 277. 
A scheme of grace, 278. 
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Gospel, its conditions, 279. 

Comprehensive, 230. 

Its provisions, 281. 

Its standard of duty, 282. 

Everlasting in effects, 283. 

Opposed by sinners, 284. 

Its penalty fearful, 285. 
Gospel invitations, 286. 

With expostulations, 287. 
Sincerity of, 288. 
Capacity to accept, 289. 
Rejected by sinners, 290. 
Guilt of rejecting, 291. 
Government oi" God, 243-260. 

Moral, 275, 276. 

Parental, 423. 
Government civil, 292. 

Qualifications of rulers, 293. 

Duties of rulers, 294. 

Duties of subjects, 295. 

Penalties, 296, 297. 

Opposition to, 298. 

Wicked rulers injurious, 299. 

Wicked rulers disobeyed,30D 
Grace of God, 222. 

In salvation, 492. 

Opposed, 284. 
Gratitude, 301. 
Hands, laying on of, 358. 
Happiness, 302. 

Derived from all things, 303. 

Of heaven, 313. 

Of God, 212. 
Haughtiness, see Pride, 466. 
Heart, what is it ? 304. 

Divided — Treasure of, 305. 

Sinful or holy, 306. 

Its voluntary changes, 307. 

Required in service, 308. 

Controlled by God, 247. 
Heathenism, 330—334, 418. 
Heaven a place, 309. 

Its holiness, 310. 

Its rest, 311. 

Its nearness to Christ, 312. 

Its happiness, 313. 

Its rewards and glory, 314, 

o ID. 

Unfading and eternal, 316. 
Hell, 317. 



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INDEX. 



Heresies, see Error, 174, 176. 
Holiness of God, 219. 

Required, 529. 
Holy Spirit, personality, 318. 
Divinity, 319. 
OfRce-AVork, 320. 
Sinning against, 321. 
Departure of, 322. 
Promised believers, 323. 
Home, 324. 
Honesty required, 529. 

Of saints, 545. 
Honors of Christ, 69. 
Honoring God, 272, 27^3. 
Hope, chief object of, 325. 

Full assurance of, 326. 
Hospitality, 327. 
Human government, 292, 
Human rights, 531. 
Humanity of Christ, 60. 
Humility, 328. 

Husbands and wives, 373-377 
Hypocrisy, 166, 167. 
Hypocrite's end, 474. 
Idleness, 329. 

Idolatry and heathenism, 330. 
And heathen gods, 331. 
Natural to man, 332. 
Forbidden, 333. 
Consequences of, 334. 
Ignorance, sin of, 335. 

Voluntary, 165. 
Illumination, spiritual, 503. 
Image worship, 333. 
Immortality, 372, (3.) 
Imperfection of samts, 435. 
Importunity in prayer, 460,(7.) 
Incarnation of Christ, 60. 
Incomprehensible God, 205. 

Providences, 256. 
Inconsideration, 119. 
Indulgences, sensual, 557. 
Industry, 171. 

Of Christ, 54. 
Infants, docility of, 44^ 
Early depraved, 155. 
Infidelity, 592. 
Ingratitude to God, 163. 
Injustice, 567, 594. 
Inspiration of Bible, 32. 



Instability, 336. 
Intemperance, 337. 
Deceitful and injuriousj 338. ' 
Forbidden, 339. 
To be avoided, 340. 
In public men forbidden, 341. 
Intercession of Christ, 442. 
Invitations of gospel, 286. 
With expostulations, 287. 
Sincerity of, 288. 
Should be accepted, 289. 
Rejected, 290. 
Irony used in Bible, 342. 
Jesus Christ, see Christ, 48. 
Jews, a numerous race, 343. 
Their territory, 344, 348. 
Their dispersion, 345. . 
Their return, 346, 347. 
Their trials, 349. 
Their conversion, 350. 
Joy in God, 270. 
Judgments, 17, 78, 276, 476, 

595. 
Judgment day, 140, 147. 
Justification, 489. 
Justice of God, 221. 
Vindicative, 225, 226. 
Required, 529. 
Kingdom of Christ, 74—82. 
Knowledge required, 351. 
The basis of love, 352. 
Of truth, certain, 353. 
How attained, 354. 
Should be imparted, 355. 
Of ourselves, 356. 
More perfect hereafter, 357. 
Sinning against, 285. 
Law of God, 261. 

And sin, 153. 
Laying on of hands, 358 — 360. 
Lewdness, common and de- 
ceitful, 361. 
Forbidden, 362. 
Punishment of, 363. 
Liberality, 364. 

Life short, 133. 

In God's hands, 132, 231, (8.) 

Light, sinning against, 285. 

Of nature, 201. 
Long-sutfering of God, 217. 



INDEX. 



XV 



Lord's supper, 92. 

Preparation for, 93. 
Love of God to man, 214 

Love of Christ, 51. 

Love to God, 266, 365. 

Why required, 366. 

Spurious, 367. 
Love to man required, 368. 

Disinterested, 369. 
Lowhness, 420. 

Of Christ, 53. 
Lusts, sensual, 162. 
Lying prevalent, 370. 

Forbidden and punishedj371. 
Man's origin, 372. 

Power of intuition, 372, (2.) 

Power of reason, 372, (3.) 

Immortality, 372, (4.) 

Rights, 531. 
Marriage instituted, 373. 

Requisites forhappiness,374. 

Mutual duties of, 375. 

Polygamy. 376. 

Divorce, 377. 
Means of grace, 378. 

Their necessity, 379. 

Use of required, 380, 405. 

Superiority of the true, 381. 

Effectually used, 382. 

Dependence in using, 383. 

Different effects of, 384. 

Benefit not all, 385. 
Means of corruption, 174. 

And ends appointed, 241. 

Use of, encouraged, 242. 
Meditation, 550. 
Meekness, 386. 

Of Christ, 53. 

Of saints, 546. 
Mercy of God, 222, 491. 
Millennium. 387. 

Its holiness, 388, 434. 

Its peace and unity, 389. 

Its knowledge, 390. 

Its 'temporal prosperity, 391. 

Its enjoyment, 392. 

A contrast to other times,393 
Ministry appointed, 394. 

Design and use of, 395. 

Oriental priesthood, 396. 



Ministry, primitive preaching, 

397. 
Ministerial qualifications, 398. 

Authority and rights, 399. 
Ministerial duty (personal, )400 

To preach faithfully, 401. 

To be inoffensive, 402. 

To fear God, 403. 

To refute error, 404. 

To labor for others, 405. 

To be active, 406. 

Responsibility, 407. 

Trials and persecutions, 408. 

Success, 409, 410. 
Ministers encouraged, 411. 

Should be supported, 412. 

Liable to fall, 413. 

Sometimes false, 414. 

False to be avoided, 415. 

False, their punishment, 416, 
Miracles, prove Bible, 35. 
Mirth, 9. 
Missions appointed, 417. 

Called for, 418. 

Encouraged, 419. 
Modesty, 420, 421. 

Of Christ, 53. 

Of saints, 548. 
Moral government, 275, 276. 
Mystery of Christ, 72. 

Of providence, 256. 
Natural capacity, 289. 

Law, 231, (2.) 
Oaths of confirmation, 579. 
Obedience to God, 269. 

Rewarded, 275. 

Of Christ, 48. 

To magistrates, 295. 

To parents, 45. 
Objections against God, 254. 
Objectors reproved, 255. 
Offence to be avoided, 402. 
Oppression, 447, 566, 567. 

Of the poor, 449. 

A picture of, 565. 

Ruinous to oppressors, 568. 
Order, domestic, 192, 423. 
Ordinances of gospel, 92. 
Ornaments, 172. 
Ostentation and boasting, 422. 



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INDEX. 



Parental instruction, 423. 
Correction, 424. 
Provision, 425. 
Faithfulness, 426. 
Unfaithfulness, 427. 
Pardon from God, 489. 
Partiality forbidden, 4o0. 
Patience, 428. 
Peace, required, 4^^. 
Of the saints, 551. 
With God, 489. 
Penalty of God's law, 26o. 
Of the gospel, 285. 
Of civil law, 296, 297. 
Perfections of God 204---228^ 
Perfection required, 264, ^»4J, 

431. 
Applied to saints, 432^ 
Of saints approved, 433. 
Millennial, 434. 
Connected with impertec- 

tion, 435. / 
Connected with trials, 43b. 
Perfectionism delusive, 438. 
Persecution for right, 439. 
Of faithful teachers, 408. 
Suffered by Christ 59 
Persecutors punished, 440. 
Perseverance required, 17 i, 

441. 
Of the saints, 442. 

Piety, evidences ol, 507. 

Pity of God for the poor, 447. 

Pleasures, sensual, 557. 

Polygamy, 376. 

Poor, see Poverty, 446. 

Popery predicted, 443. 

Its vain pretences, 444. 

Its dreadful end. 445. 
Poverty, evils of, 446. 

Excites God's compassion, 

447. 
And piety, 448. 
Oppression forbidden, 449. 
Demands sympathy, 4o0. 
Praise and worship, 451—4:03. 
Prayer a duty, 456. 
In secret, 457. 
Mental, 458. 
Verbal and audible, 409. 



Prayer, how to be made, 460. 
Different postures in, 461. 
Heard and answered, 462. 
Of sinners not heard, 463. 
Neglected by the wicked, 

464. 
Neglect of, offends God, 465. 
Prayerfulness of Christ, 55. 

Of saints, 550. 
Preaching of Christ, 56. 
Primitive mode of, 397. 
Faithfully, required, 401. 
Success in, 409, 410. 
Prejudice forbidden, 450. 
Prerogatives of God, 231. 
Preservation, 246. 
Pride and self-righteousness, 

466. 
Abased, 440. 
And scorn, 467. 
Probationary trial, 468. 

Its consequences, 469, 47 u. 
Procrastination, 587. 
Prodicrality, 179. 
Profane swearing, 577. 
Profession of religion, 95. 
Promises to obey God, 27o. 
To loving God, 266. 
To fearing God, 267. 
To trusting God, 268. 
To liberahty, 364. 
To parental faithiulness, 426. 
To prayer, 462. 
To sabbath-keeping, o3«. 
Propitiation of Christ 485._ 
Prosperity of the wicked, 475. 
Providence, 243. 
Provisions of gospel, ^Hi 
Public worship, 452. 
Punishment, future, deserved 

• 471. 

The work of God, 472. 
In hell, 317, 473. 
Arguments ior, 474—470. 
Everlasting, 477. 
Approved by saints, 47«. 
Disbelieved, 479. 
Will not purify, 4S0. 
Why inflicted, 481. 
Sources of, 482. 



INDEX. 



XVll 



Punishment, capital, 296. 

Of children, 46. 
Purposes of God, 233. 
Railing, 589, 590. 
Rebuke, see Reproof, 513. 
Reconciliation by Christ,485-9. 
Redemption, covenant of, 483. 

Need of atonement, 484 — 5. 

Christ's righteousness, 486. 

Atonement sufficient for, 487. 

Agency of the Father, 488. 

Peace with God, 489. 

Connected with mercy, 491. 

Salvation by grace, 492. 

Honorable to God, 493. 
Regeneration, 494. 

Necessity of, 495. 

Preceded by conviction, 496. 

A radical change, 497. 

Nature of, 498. 

Divine agency in, 499 — 501. 

Effectual calHng, 502. 

Brings out of darkness, 503. 

Secures divine teaching, 504. 

Human activity, 505. 

Conversion required, 506. 

Evidence of, 507. 
Repentance, nature of, 508. 

Required, 509. 

Secures salvation, 510. 

Of God, 511. 

Spurious repentance, 512. 
Reproof required, 513. 

Received by some, 514. 

Rejected by others, 515. 

Wisdom of receiving, 516. 

Demands self-correction,517. 
Reputation, 518. 
Requirements, divine, 266-272. 
Resurrection, general, 519. 

Bodies changed, 520. 
Retaliation, see War, 597, 598. 
Retribution delayed, 475. 

Hereafter, 470. 
Revenge, see War, 597. 
Reviling, 590. 
Revivals, ancient, 521. 

Outpouring of Spirit, 522. 

To be prayed for, 523. 

Spurious ones, 524. 
2* 



Rewards, future, 314. 

According to conduct, 470. 
Riches corrupting, 525. 

Not to be sought, 526. 

Vain and transitory, 527. 

Proper use of, 528. 
Righteousness required, 529. 

Rewarded, 530. 

Of God, 221. 

OfChrist, 48, 486. 

Of believers, 433, 545. 
Rights of God, 231. 

Of man, 531. 
Robbery, 532. 
Romish hierarchy, 443. 
Rulers, 292. 
Ruling elders, 89, 90. 
Sabbath instituted, 533. 

Enjoined in decalogue, 534. 

Recognised by Christ, 535. 

Duties of, 536. 

How to be kept, 537. 

Keeping it rewarded, 538. 

Profaning it punished, 539. 

The first day, 540. 
Saints differ from others, 541. 

Appellations of, 542. 

Dehght in God, 543. 

Delight in law, 544. 

Are honest, 545. 

Are meek and gentle, 546. 

Are benevolent, 547. 

Feel their unworthiness, 548. 

Live by faith, 549. 

Delight in prayer, 550. 

Have internal peace, 551, 

Make progress, 552. 

Cannot boast, 553. 

How numerous, 554, 555. 
Salvation, see Redemption,483. 

Of others sought, 405. 
Sanctification by the Spirit,499. 
Satan's devices, 13. 
Scorn, see Pride, 467. 
Sealing of Spirit, 442. 
Second death, 474. 
Secret prayer, 457. 
Self-conceit, 438, 466, 
Self-deception, 438, 556. 
I Self-denial 369, 547. 



XVlll 



INDEX. 



Self-denial of Christ, 49. 
Self-examination, 93. 
Selfishness, 122, 123. 
Self-knowledge, 356. 
Self-righteousness, 466. 
Sensuality, 162. 
Separation final, 144. 
Servants, duties of, 563. 
Servitude, 558—560. 
Laws to regulate, 561, 562. 
Apostolic precepts on, 563. 
Freedom preferable, 564. 
Sin, see Depravity, 149. 
Desert of, 471. 
Folly of, 595. 
Sincerity of heart, 308. 
Singing praise, 454, 455. 
Slander, see Lying, 371, 589. 
Slavery and oppression, 565. 
God's notice of, 566. 
Prohibited, 567. 
Ruinous to oppressors, 568. 
Motives to forsake, 569. 
Duty to the oppressed, 570. 
General precepts on, 571. 
Sleep, sloth, 329. 
Soul immortal, 372, (3.) 

Sleeps not in grave, 135. 
Sovereignty, God's,223,231,(4) 
Spirit, Holy, 318. 

Outpouring of, 522. 
Stabihty, 183. 
Stealing, 572, 573. 
Strangers, 574. 
Stupidity, 164. 
Submission to God, 259, 271. 
Sufferings of Christ, 59. 
Supper of our Lord, 92. 
Suing at the law, 575. 
Suretyship, 576. 
Swearing, 577, 578. 

Oaths of confirmation, 579. 
Tattling, 589. 
Teachers, false, 414 — 416. 
Teaching, divine, 504. 
Temperance, 580. 
Temptation, 581—584. 
Terms of salvation, 181, 198 
266, 368, 369, 441, 495, 506 
509, 510, 529. 



Threatenings to covetousness, 
123. 

To disobedience, 276. 

To idolatry, 334. 

To intemperance, 339. 

To lewdness, 363. 

To lying, 371. 

To false teachers, 416. 

To sabbath-breaking, 539. 

To oppressors, 567. 

To stealing, 573. 
Time, 585—587. 
Tongue often mischievous,588. 

Its sins forbidden, 589. 

Railino- at superiors, 590. 

Bridling of, 591. 
Trials, see Afflictions. 1. 

Of Ministers, 408. 
Trinity, 230. 
- Trust in God, 268. 

In man forbidden, 268. 
Truth of God, 224. 

The means of grace, 39. 

Required, 529. 

Must be believed, 181. 
Unbelief, 479, 592, 593. 
Union— Unity, 98, 99. 
Unity of God, 229. 
Unpardonable sin, 474. 
Unregenerate works, 463, 495. 
Unrighteousness, 594, 595. 
Vanity of life. 133. 

Of the world, 527. 
Vindicative Justice, 225, 226. 
War, 596. 

Sin and folly of, 597, 598. 
How to prevent it, 599. 
Warfare, Christian, 600. 
Watchfulness, 600. 
Widow and fatherless, 447-49. 
Wisdom of God, 227. 
Women, 190. 
Works of Christ, 67. 

Of darkness, 161. 
Worship of God, 269, 451. 
Public, 452. 
Social, 454. 

Wresting Scripture, 42. 

Youth, see Children, 47. 

Zeal of God, 228. 



SCRIPTURE MANUAL. 



AFFLICTIONS. 

1. Afflictions common to man. 

Job 5 : 7 Man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. 
14 : 1 Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full 
of trouble. 

2. Afflictions from God. 

Dt. 32 : 39 See now that I, even I am he, and there is no 
god with me : I kill, and I make alive ; I wound, and I heal : 
neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand. 

1 S. 2 : 6 The Lord killeth, and maketh alive : he bringeth 
down to the grave, and bringeth up. 7 The Lord maketh 
poor, and maketh rich : he bringeth low, and lifteth up. 

Job 5 : 6 Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, 
neither doth trouble sprmg out of the ground ; 7 Yet man is 
born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. 17 Behold, 
happy is the man whom God correcteth : therefore despise not 
thou the chastening of the Almighty : 18 For he maketh sore, 
and bindeth up : he woundeth, and his hands make whole. 

Ps. 39 : 9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth ; because 
thou didst it. 10 Remove thy stroke away from me : I am 
consumed by the blow of thine hand. 

66 : 11 Thou broughtest us into the net ; thou laidest afflic- 
tion upon our loins. 

102 : 10 Thou hast Ufted me up, and cast me down. 23 He 
weakened my strength in the way ; he shortened my days. 

3. Afflictions beneficial. 

Dt. 8 : 2 And thou shalt remember all the way which the 
Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to 
humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thy 

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AFFLICTIONS. 



Use of. 



heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no. 
3 And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed 
thee with manna. 

2 Ch. 33 : 12 And when he was in affliction, he besought 
the Lord his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God 
of his fathers, 13 And prayed unto him : and he was en- 
treated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him 
again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew 
that the Lord he was God. 

Job 5 : 17 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth : 
therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty. 

23 : 10 But he knoweth the way that I take : ivhen he hath 
tried me, I shall come forth as gold. 

36 : 8 And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords 
of affliction ; 9 Then he sheweth them their work, and their 
transgressions that they have exceeded. 10 He openeth also 
their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from 
iniquity. 

Ps. 78 : 34 When he slew them, then they sought him : and 
they returned and inquired early after God. 35 And they re- 
membered that God was their Rock, and the high God their 
Redeemer. 

94 : 12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord, 
and teachest him out of thy law, 13 That thou mayest give 
him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for 
the wicked. 

119 : 67 Before I was afflicted I went astray : but now have 
I kept thy word. 71 It is good for me that I have been af- 
flicted ; that I might learn thy statutes. 75 I know, O Lord, 
that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast 
afflicted me. 

Pr. 3 : 11 My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord ; 
neither be weary of his correction : 12 For whom the Lord 
loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he 
delighteth. 

Is. 26:9 With my soul have I desired thee in the night; 
yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early : for when 
thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world 
will learn righteousness. 

27 : 7 Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote 
him ? or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are 
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AFFLICTIONS. 



Use of. 



slain by him ? 9 By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob 
be purged ; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin. 

48 : 10 Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver ; I 
have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. 

Lam. 3 : 27 It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in 
his youth. 

Dan. 11 : 35 And some of them of understanding shall fall, 
to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to 
the time of the end : because it is yet for a time appointed. 

12 : 10 Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried ; 
but the wicked shall do wickedly. 

Hos. 5 : 15 In their affliction they will seek me early. 

Zee. 13 : 9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, 
and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as 
gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear 
them : I will say, It is my people ; and they shall say, The 
Lord is my God. 

Rom. 5 : 3 And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also ; 
knowing that tribulation worketh patience ; 4 And patience, 
experience ; and experience, hope. 

1 Cor. 11 : 32 But when we are judged, we are chastened 
of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world. 

2 Cor. 1 : 5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so 
our consolation also aboundeth by Christ. 

4 : 17 For our hght affliction, which is but for a moment, 
worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of 
glory ; 18 While we look not at the things which are seen, 
but at the things which are not seen : for the things which are 
seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are 
eternal. 

12 ; 10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, 
in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake : 
for when I am weak, then am I strong. 

Ph. 1 : 12 But I would ye should understand, brethren, that 
the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather 
unto the furtherance of the gospel ; 13 So that my bonds in 
Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places ; 
14 And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident 
by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without 
fear. 

Heb. 12 : 10 For they verily for a few days chastened tis 

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4, 5 AFFLICTIONS. 



Of short Continuance — Support under. 



after their own pleasure ; but he for our profit, that we might 
be partakers of his holiness. 11 Now no chastening for the 
present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous : nevertheless, af- 
terward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto 
them which are exercised thereby. 

Jam. 1 : 2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into 
divers temptations ; 3 Knowing this^ that the trpng of your 
faith worketh patience. 12 Blessed is the man that endureth 
temptation : for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown 
of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him. 

1 Pet. 1 : 7 That the trial of your faith, being much more 
precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with . 
fire, might be found unto praise, and honour, and glory, at the 
appearing of Jesus Christ. 

4. Afflictions of short continuance. 

Job 11 : 16 Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and re- 
member it as waters that pass away. 

Ps. 30 : 5 For his anger endureth hut a moment ; in his fa- 
vor is life : weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh 
in the morning. 

2 Cor. 4 : 17 For our light affliction, which is but for a mo- 
ment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight 
of glory. 

5. Comfort and support under afflictions. 

Ps. 9 : 9 The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, 
a refuge in times of trouble. 10 And they that know thy 
name will put their trust in thee : for thou. Lord, hast not for- 
saken them that seek thee. 

22 : 24 He hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of 
the afflicted ; neither hath he hid his face from him j but when 
he cried unto him, he heard. 

31 : 7 I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast 
considered my trouble ; thou hast known my soul in adversi- 
ties ; 8 And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy : 
thou hast set my foot in a large room. 

23 : 4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow 
of death, I will fear no evil : for thou art with me ; thy rod 
and thy staff they comfort me. 

46 : 1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help 
in trouble. 
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AFFLICTIONS. 



6, 6 



Sympathy in. 



55 : 22 Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sus- 
tain thee : he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. 

71 : 20 Thou^ which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, 
shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the 
depths of the earth. 

138 : 7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt re- 
vive me : thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath 
of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me. 

Is. 25 : 4 For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a 
strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, 
a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is 
as a storm agaiTist the wall. 

49 : 13 Sing, O heavens ; and be joyful, O earth ; and break 
forth into singing, O mountains : for the Lord hath comforted 
his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted. 

54 : 7 For a small moment have I forsaken thee, but with 
great mercies wiU I gather thee. 8 In a little wrath I hid 
my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting 
kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy Re- 
deemer. 

Jer. 16 : 19 O Lord, my strength and my fortress, and my 
refuge in the day of affliction. 

Lam. 3 : 32 But though he cause grief, yet will he have 
compassion according to the multitude of his mercies. 33 For 
he doth not afflict wiUingly, nor grieve the children of men. 

Mat. 5:4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be 
comforted. 

2 Cor. 1 : 3 Blessed he God, even the Father of our Lord 
Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all com- 
fort ; 4 Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may 
be able to comfort them which are in any trouble by the com- 
fort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. 

6. Affiictions demand sympathy. 

Job 6 : 14 To him that is afflicted pity should he shewed from 
his friend. 

Ps. 35: 13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing 
was sackcloth : I humbled my soul with fasting ; and my 
prayer returned into mine own bosom. 14 I behaved myself 
as though he had been my friend or brother : I bowed down 
heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother. 

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7, 8 AFFLICTIONS ^AGED PERSONS. 

Misimproved — ^Duties towards the Aged. 

Pr. 17 : 17 A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born 
for adversity. 

Rom. 12 : 15 Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep 
with them that weep. 

Ph. 4 : 14 Ye have well done that ye did communicate with 
my affliction. 

Heb. 13 : 3 Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with 
them ; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves 
also in the body. 

[See Poverty, 450, and Slavery, 570.] 

7. Afflictions misimproved. 

Pr. 27 : 22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar 
among wheat with a pestle yet will not his foolishness depart 
from him. 

29 : 1 He that, being often reproved, hardeneth his neck, 
shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy. 

Is. 1 : 5 Why should ye be stricken any more ? ye will re- 
volt more and more : the whole head is sick, and the whole 
heart faint. 

9 : 13 For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth 
them, neither do they seel^ie Lord of hosts. 

Jer. 5 : 3 O Lord, are not thine eyes upon the truth ? thou 
hast stricken them, but they have not grieved ; thou hast con- 
sumed them, but they hdve refused to receive correction : they 
have made their faces harder than a rock j they have refused 
to return. 

Am. 4 : 6 And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in 
all your citip , and want of bread in all your places : yet have 
ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord. 7 — 11. 

AGED PERSONS. 

8. Duties towards the aged. 

Lev. 19 : 32 Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and 
honor the face of the old man, and fear thy God : I am the 
Lord. 

1 Tim. 5 : 1 Rebuke not an elder, but entreat him as a fatlier ; 

and the younger men as brethren ; 2 The elder women as 

mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity. 3 Honor 

widows that are widows indeed. *4 But if any widow have 

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r= 



AMUSEMENTS. 



Instructions respecting Amusements. 



chUdren or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home 
and to requite their parents : for that is good and acceptable 
before God. 

1 Pet. 5 : 5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto 
the elder. [See 590.] 

AMUSEMENTS. 

9. What is said of mirth and amusements ? 

Job 21 : 11 They send forth their httle ones like a flock and 
their children dance. 12 They take the timbrel and harp, and 
rejoice at the sound of the organ. 13 They spend their days 
m wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave. 14 There- 
fore they say unto God, Depart from us ; for we desire not the 
Imowledge of thy ways. 

Pr. 14 : 13 Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful ; and the 
end of that mirth is heaviness. 

21 : 17 He that loveth pleasure sJiall be a poor man : he that 
loveth wme and oil shall not be rich. 

Ec. 2:11 said in my heart, Go to now, I wiH prove thee 
with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure: and behold, this also is 
vanity. 2 I said of laughter. It is mad : and of mu-th, What 
doeth it ? ' 

7:2 It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to 
go to the house of feasting : for th- 1 is the end of all men • 
and the livmg will lay it to his heart. 3 Sorrow is better 
than laughter : for by the sadness of the countenance the 
heart is made better. 4 The heart of the wise is in the 
house of mourning ; but the heart of fools is in the house of 
mirth. 

11:9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth ; and let thy 
heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the 
ways of thme heart, and in the sight of thine eyes : but 
know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into 
judgment. 10 Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart and 
put away evil from thy flesh : for childhood and youth are 
vanity. 

Mat. 12 : 36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that 
men shall speak, they shaU give account thereof in the day of 
judgment. 

I.k. 6 : 25 Wo unto you that are full ! for ye shall hunger. 
Wo unto you that laugh now ! for ye shall mourn and weep. 

3 25 



10 ANGELS. 



Employment of. 



1 Cor. 10 : 7 Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them : 
as it is written. The people sat down to eat and drink, and 
rose up to play. 

2 Pet. 2 : 13 And shall receive the reward of unrighteous- 
ness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day-time. 
Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their 
own deceivings while they feast with you. 

ANGELS. 

10. How are good angels employed ? 

2 S. 24 : 16 The angel stretched out his hand upon Jeru- 
salem to destroy it. 

2 K. 19 : 35 And it came to pass that night, that the an- 
gel of the Lord went out, and smote in the camp of the As- 
syrians a hundred four score and five thousand. 

Job 38 : 7 When the morning stars sang together, and all 
the sons of God shouted for joy ? 

Ps. 18 : 10 And he rode upon a cherub and did fly : yea, he 
did fly upon the wings of the wind. 

34 : 7 The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them 
that fear him, and delivereth them. 

91 : 11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to 
keep thee in all thy ways. 12 They shall bear thee up in 
their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. 

Dan. 6 : 22 My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the 
lions' mouths. 

7 : 10 Thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten 
thousand times ten thousand stood before him. 

9 : 21 Yea, while I was speaking in prayer, even the man 
Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being 
caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the even- 
ing oblation. 22 And he informed me, and talked with me, 
and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill 
and understanding. 

Mat. 13 : 39 The harvest is the end of the world ; and the 
reapers are the angels. 41 The Son of man shall send forth 
his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things 
that offend, and them which do iniquity ; 42 And shall cast 
them into a furnace of fire : there shall be wailing and gnash- 
ing of teeth. 

18 : 10 Take heed that ye despise not one of these little 
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Their Fall— Names, Character, and Agency of. 



ones : for I say unto you, that in heaven their angels do always 
behold the face of my Father which is in heaven. 

Lk. 16 : 22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and 
was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom. 

Heb. 1 : 14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to 
minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation ? 

Rev. 12 : 7 And there was war in heaven : Michael and his 
angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and 
his angels. 

ANGELS APOSTATE. 

11. Apostacy of angels. 

2 Pet. 2 : 4 God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast 
tJiem down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, 
to be reserved unto judgment. 

Jude 6 And the angels which kept not their first estate 
but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting 
chains, under darkness, unto the judgment of the great day. 

[See Depravity, 149.] 

12. Names, character, and agency of' evil spiHts. 

1 Ch. 21 : 1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and pro- 
voked David to number Israel. 

Job 1 : 7 And the Lord said unto Satan, Whence comest 
thou? Then Satan answered the Lord, and said. From going 
to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. 

Mat. 4 : 3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If 
thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made 
bread. 

10 : 1 And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, 
he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out. 

13 : 19 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and 
understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth 
away that which was sown in his heart. 38 The field is the 
world ; the good seed are the children of the kingdom ; but 
the tares are the children of the wicked o?ze ; 39 The enemy 
that sowed them is the devil. 

Mk. 5 : 9 And he asked him. What is thy name ? And he 
answered, saying. My name is Legion : for we are many. 

Lk. 4 : 5 And the devil, taking him up into a high mountam, 

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12 ANGELS APOSTATE. 



Names, Character, and Agency of. 



shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment 
of time. 

Lk. 8 : 12 Those by the way-side, are they that hear ; then 
Cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, 
lest they should believe and be saved. 

11 : 15 But some of them said, He casteth out devils through 
Beelzebub, the chief of the devils. 

22 : 31 And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan 
hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat. 

Jn. 8 : 44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of 
your father ye will do : he was a murderer from the beginning, 
and abode not in the truth ; because there is no truth in him. 
When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own : for he is a 
liar, and the father of it. 

13 : 2 And supper being ended, (the devil having now put 
into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him.) 

14 : 30 Hereafter I will not talk much with you : for the 
prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me. 

Ac. 5 : 3 But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled 
thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of 
the price of the land ? 

2 Cor. 4 : 4 In whom the god of this world hath bUnded the 
minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious 
gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto 
them. 

Ep. 2 : 2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the 
course of this world, according to the prince of the power of 
the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobe- 
dience. 

6 : 12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against 
principahties, against powers, against the rulers of the dark- 
ness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. 

2 Tim. 2 : 26 And that they may recover themselves out of 
the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will. 

1 Pet. 5 : 8 Be sober, be vigilant ; because your adversary 
the devil, as a roaring hon, walketh about, seeking whom he 
may devour. 

1 Jn. 3 : 8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil 
Binneth from the beginning. 

Rev. 2 : 24 But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thya- 
tira, As many as have not this doctrine, and which have not 
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ANGELS APOSTATE. 13 



Their Devices. 



known the depths of Satan, as they speak ; I will put upon 
you none other burden. 

9:11 And they had a king over them, which is the angel 
of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is 
Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon. 

12 : 9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, 
called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world : 
he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with 
him. 10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is 
come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, 
and the power of his Christ : for the accuser of our brethren 
is cast down which accused them before our God day and 
night. 12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in 
them. Wo to the inhabiters of the earth, and of the sea ! for 
the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because 
he knoweth that he hath but a short time. 

20 : 7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall 
be loosed out of his prison, 8 And shall go out to deceive the 
nations. 

13. By what means do apostate angels lead mankind into sin 
and death ? 

Gen. 3 : 13 The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. 

2 Cor. 2:11 Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: 
for we are not ignorant of his devices. 

11 : 3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled 
Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted 
from the simphcity that is in Christ. 14 And no marvel ^ for 
Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. 

2 Th. 2 : 9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of 
Satan, with all power, and signs, and lying wonders, 10 And 
with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that 
perish. 

1 Tim. 4 : 1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, tliat in the 
latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to 
seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils. 

Rev. 16 : 13 And I saw three unclean spirits like froo-s come 
out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth°of the 
beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. 14 For they 
are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto 

3* 29 



14, 15 ANGELS APOSTATE. 



Suggestions of— To be resisted. 



the kings of the earth, and of the whole world, to gather them 
to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. 

14. Instructions and suggestions of tJie adversary. 

1. That sinners will escape threatened punishment. 

Gen. 3 : 4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall 
not surely die : 5 For God doth know, that in the day ye eat 
thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as 
gods, knowing good and evil. 

2. That there is nothing but selfishness in religion. 

Job 1:9 Then Satan answered the Lord and said, Doth 
Job fear God for nought? 10 Hast not thou made an hedge 
about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on 
every side ? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his 
substance is increased in tlie land. 11 But put forth thine 
hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee 
to thy face. 

3. That means are useless, where the end is divinely appointed. 

Mat. 4 : 5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, 
and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, 6 And saith unto 
him. If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down, for it is 
written. He shall give his angels charge concerning thee : and 
in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou 
dash thy foot against a stone. 

4. Forbidding matrimony and the use of meats. 

1 Tim. 4 : 1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the 
latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to 
seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils ; 2 Speaking lies in 
hypocrisy, having their conscience seared with a hot iron; 
3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meat<- 
which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving o" 
them which believe and know the truth. 

15. Apostate angels to he resisted. 

Ep. 4 : 27 Neither give place to the devil. 

6 : 10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in 
the power of his might. 11 Put on the whole armor of God, 
that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 

12 For we wTestle not against flesh and blood, but against princi- 
palities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness 
of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. 

13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye 

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APOSTATES. 16, 17 

Cases of Apostacy — End of Apostates. 

may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, 
to stand. 

Jam. 4 : 7 Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 

1 Pet. 5 : 8 Be sober, be vigilant ; because your adversary 
the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he 
may devour. 9 Whom resist steadfast in the faith. 

APOSTATES. 

16. Cases of apostacy. 

1 S. 10 : 6 And the Spirit of the Lord will come upon thee, 
and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into 
another man. 7 And let it be, when these signs are come 
unto thee, that thou do as occasion serve thee ; for God is 
with thee. 9 And it was so, that when he had turned his 
back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart: and 
all those signs came to pass that day. 11 And it came to 
pass when all that knew him beforetime, saw, that, behold, he 
prophesied among the prophets, then the people said one to 
another, What is this that is come unto the son of Kish ? Is 
Saul also among the prophets 1 

15 : 11 It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to he king: 
for he is turned back from following me, and hath not per- 
formed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel ; and he 
cried unto the Lord all night. 

Hos. 6 : 4 O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee ? O Judah, 
what shall I do unto thee ? for your goodness is as a morning 
cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away. 

Jn. 6 : 66 From that time many of his disciples went back, 
and walked no more with him. 

Gal. 5 : 4 Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever 
of you are justified by the law ; ye are fallen from grace. 

1 Tim. 1 : 19 Holding faith and a good conscience ; which 
some having put away, concerning faith have made shipwreck. 

2 Tim. 1 : 15 This thou knowest, that all they which are in 
Asia be turned away from me ; of whom are Phygellus and 
Hermogenes. 

17. The end of apostates. 

1 Ch. 28 : 9 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God 
of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart, and with a 
willing mind : for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and under- 

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1 8 APOSTATES. 

Never truly regenerated. 



standeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek 
him, he will be found of thee ; but if thou forsake him, he will 
cast thee off for ever. 

Ezk. 3 : 20 Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his 
righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumbling- 
block before him, he shall die : because thou hast not given 
him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness 
which he hath done shall not be remembered ; but his blood 
will I require at thine hand. 

33 : IS When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, 
and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby. 

Lk. 9 : 62 And Jesus said unto him. No man having put his 
hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of 
God. 

Heb. 6 : 4 For it is impossible for those who were once en- 
lightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made 
partakers of the Holy Ghost, 5 And have tasted the good 
word of God, and the powers of the world to come, 6 If they 
shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance ; seeing 
they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put kim 
to an open shame. 9 But, beloved, we are persuaded better 
things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though 
we thus speak. 

10 : 26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the 
knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for 
sins, 27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and 
fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. 39 But 
we are not of them who draw back unto perdition ; but of 
them that believe to the saving of the soul. 

2 Pet. 2 : 20 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of 
the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Je- 
sus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, 
the later end is worse with them than the beginning. 21 For 
it had been better for them not to have known the way of 
righteousness, than, after they have known i7, to turn from the 
holy commandment delivered unto them. 22 But it is hap- 
pened unto them according to the true proverb. The dog is 
turned to his own vomit again ; and. The sow that was washed, 
to her wallowing in the mire. 

18. Apostates never truly regenerated. 

Mat. 7 : 22 Many will say to me in that day. Lord, Lord, 

Oii 



BACKSLIDING. JQ 



Saints prone to backslide. 



have we not prophesied in thy name ? and in thy name have 
cast out devils ? and in thy name done many wonderful works 'i 
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you • de' 
part from me, ye that work iniquity. 

Mk. 4 : 16 And these are they hkewise which are sown on 
stony ground ; who, when they have heard the word, imme- 
diately receive it with gladness; 17 And have no root in them- 
selves, and so endure but for a time : afterward, when affliction 
or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately thev 
are offended. ^ ^ 

Jn. 6:70 Jesus answered them. Have not I chosen vou 
twelve, and one of you is a devil ? 

17 : 12 While I was with them in the world, I kept them in 
thy name : those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of 
them is lost, but the son of perdition ; that the scripture might 
be fulfilled. ^ 

1 Jn 2 : 19 They went out from us, but they were not of us • 
for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued 
with us : but they went out, that they might be made manifest 
that they were not all of us. [See Perseverance, 442. J 

BACKSLIDING. 

19. Saints prone to backslide. 

Ex. 32 : 1 And when the people saw that Moses delayed to 
come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves 
together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods 
which shaU go before us : for as for this Moses, the man that 
brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is 
become of him. 2 And Aaron said unto them. Break off the 
golden ear-rings which are in the ears of your wives, of your 
sons and of your daughters, and bring them unto me. 3 And 
all the people brake off the golden ear-rings which were in 
their ears, and brought them unto Aaron. 4 And he received 
them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool after 
he had made it a molten calf: and they said. These be thy 
gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Effypt 
5 And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it ;and 
Aaron made proclamation, and said, To-morrow is a feast to 
the L.QRD. 6 And they rose up early on the morrow, and 

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^0 BACKSLIDING, 



God displeased with Backsliders. 



offered burnt-ofFerings, and brought peace-ofFerings : and the 
people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play. 

2 S 12-7 And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. 
Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I anointed thee king over 
Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul ; 8 And 1 
gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy 
bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah ; and 
if that had been too Uttle, I would moreover have given unto 
thee such and such things. 9 Wherefore hast thou despised 
the commandment of the Lord, to do evil in his sight? thou 
hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken 
his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword ot 
the children of Ammon. ij .7.^* 

IK 11 • 4 For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that 
his wives turned away his heart after other gods : and his 
heart was not perfect with the Lord his God as 0.0^ the heart 
of David his father. 5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the 
goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination 
of the Ammonites. 

Job 3 : 1 After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his 

^^Mat 26 : 69 Now Peter sat without in the palace : and a 
damsel came unto him, saying, Thou also wast widi Jesus of 
Galilee 70 But he denied before them all, saymg, I know not 
what thou sayest. 71 And when he was gone out mto the 
J^ch, another%na/^ saw him, and said unto them that were 
there This fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth. /2 And 
agaS he denied with an oath, I do not know the mam 
7! And after a while came unto him they that stood by, and said 
to Peter Surely thou also art one of them ; for thy speech be- 
Zly2 thee. 74 Then began he to curse and to swear, say- 
ing, I know not the man. 

20 God greatly displeased with backsliders. 
Ex 32 • 7 And the Lord said unto Moses, Go get thee 
down- for thy people, which thou hroughtest out of the land 
of EVpt have coWed the,nselres : 8 They have turned 
asidefuickly out of the way which I commanded them : they 
have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it and 
have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These . ^^V e°^^^ 
Israel which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. 
9 Ind le Lord said unto Moses, I have seen th.s people, 



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BACKSLIDERS. 21 

Duties of. 



and behold, it is a stiflf-necked people : 10 Now therefore let 
me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that 
I may consume them : and I will make of thee a great nation. 

Ezra 8 : 22 For I was ashamed to require of the king a 
band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy 
in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying. 
The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him j 
but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake 
him. 

Pr. 14 : 14 The backslider in heart shall be filled with his 
own ways : and a good man shall be satisjied from himself 

Jer. 2 : 19 Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and 
thy backslidings shall reprove thee : know therefore and see 
that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the 
Lord thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord 
God of hosts. 

Hos, 6 : 4 O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee ? O Judah, 
what shall I do unto thee ? for your goodness is as a morning 
cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away. 5 Therefore 
have I hewed them by the prophets ; I have slain them by the 
words of my mouth : and thy judgments are as the light that 
goeth forth. 

Am. 6 : 1 Wo to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in 
the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the na- 
tions, to whom the house of Israel came ! 

Heb. 10 : 38 Now the just shall live by faith : but if any 
man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. 

21. What does God require of backsliders 7 

Jer. 3 : 14 Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord ; for 
I am married unto you : and I will take you one of a city, and 
two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion : 22 Return, ye 
backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Be- 
hold, we come unto thee ; for thou art the Lord our God. 

Hos. 10 : 12 Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in 
mercy ; break up your fallow ground : for it is time to seek 
the Lord, till he come and rain righteousness upon you. 

14 : 1 O Israel, return unto the Lord thy God ; for thou hast 
fallen by thine iniquity. 2 Take with you words, and turn to 
the Lord : say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive 
us graciously : so will we render the calves of our lips. 

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22 BAPTISM. 



Design of. 



Rev. 2:41 have somewhat against thee, because thou hast 
left thy first love. 5 Remember therefore from whence thou 
art fallen, and repent, and do the first works ; or else I will 
come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out 
of his place, except thou repent. 

3 : 1 And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write ; 
These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and 
the seven stars ; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that 
thou livest, and art dead. 2 Be watchful, and strengthen the 
things which remain, that are ready to die : for I have not 
found thy works perfect before God. 3 Remember therefore 
how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. 
If therefore thou shalt not watch, I wUl come on thee as a 
thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon 
thee. 

BAPTISM, No. I.* 

22. What is the design of baptism 7 

Rom. 6 : 3 Know ye not that so many of us as were baptized 
into Jesus Christ, were baptized into his death ? 4 There- 
fore we are buried with him by baptism into death : that like 
as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Fa- 
ther, even so we also should walk in newness of life. 5 For if 
we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we 
shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection. 

1 Cor. 12 : 13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into 
one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond 
or free, and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. 

Gal. 3 : 27 For as many of you as have been baptized into 
Christ, have put on Christ. 

1 Pet. 3 : 20 Which sometime were disobedient, when once 
the long-suffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while 
the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls, were 
eaved by water. 21 The like figure whereunto, even baptism, 
doth also now save us, (not the putting away of the filth of the 
flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the 
resurrection of Jesus Christ. 

* Having never given a very critical attention to the controverted subject of Bap- 
tism, I applied to a Baptist clergyman, and also to a Pedobaptist, to furnish me with 
an argument for this work, thinking to prepare one out of the two, but ou reflection 
I have concluded to publish both. 
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Proper Administrators— Proper Subjects. 



23. Who are the proper administrators ? 

Mat. 3 : 13 Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto 
John, to be baptized of him. 

28 : 19 Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them 
in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy 
Ghost. 

Jn. 3 : 22 After these things came Jesus and his disciples 
into the land of Judea ; and there he tarried with them, and 
baptized. 

4 : 1 When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees 
had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than 
John, 2 (Though Jesus himselfbaptized not, but his disciples.) 

24. Who are the proper subjects of baptism? 

Mat. 3 : 7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sad- 
ducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation 
of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come ? 
8 Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance : 9 And 
think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our 
father : for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to 
raise up children unto Abraham. 10 And now also the axe is 
laid unto the root of the trees : therefore every tree which bring- 
eth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Ill 
indeed baptize you with water unto repentance : but he that 
cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not 
worthy to bear ; he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and 
with fire. 

Mk. 1 : 4 John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the 
baptism of repentance, for the remission of sins. 

16 : 16 He that believeth and is baptized, shall be saved ; 
but he that beheveth not, shall be damned. 

Lk. 7 : 28 For I say unto you. Among those that are born 
of women, there is not a greater prophet than John the Bap- 
tist : but he that is least in the kingdom of God, is greater 
than he. 29 And all the people that heard him, and the pub- 
Kcans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John. 
30 But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of Go* 
against themselves, being not baptized of him. 

Ac. 2 : 38 Then Peter said unto them. Repent, and be bap- 
tized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ, for the 
remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy 

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•24 BAPTISM. 



Proper Subjects. 



Ghost. 39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, 
and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord 
our God shall call. 40 And with many other words did 
he testisfy and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this unto- 
ward generation. 41 Then they that gladly received his 
word, were baptized: and the same day there were added 
unto them about three thousand souls. 47 And the Lord added 
to the church daily such as should be saved. 

Ac. 8 : 12 But when they believed Philip, preaching the 
things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus 
Christ, they were baptized both men and women. 36 And 
as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water : 
and the eunuch said, See, here is water ; what doth hinder 
me to be baptized ? 37 And Philip said. If thou believest with 
all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I 
believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. 

9:17 Brother Saul, the Lord (even Jesus that appeared 
unto thee in the way as thou camest) hath sent me, that thou 
mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost. 
18 And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been 
scales : and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was 
baptized. 

10 : 46 Then answered Peter, 47 Can any man forbid 
water, that these should not be baptized, which have received 
the Holy Ghost as well as we ? 48 And he commanded them 
to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they 
him to tarry certain days. 

16 : 14 And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of pur- 
pie, of the city of Thyatira, which v/orshipped God, heard us : 
whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the 
things which were spoken of Paul. 15 And when she ^vas 
baptized, and her household, she besought u^, saying, If ye 
have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my 
house, and abide there: And she constrained us. 29 Then 
he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and 
fell down before Paul and Silas ; 30 And brought them out, 
«ind said. Sirs, what must I do to be saved ? 31 And they 
said. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, 
and thy house. 32 And they spake unto him the word of the 
Lord, and to all that were in his house. 33 And he took them 
the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes ; and was 
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Mode of— Obligations of the Baptized. 



baptized, he and all his, straightway. 34 And when he had 
brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and re- 
joiced, believing in God with all his house. 

IS : 8 And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, be- 
lieved on the Lord with all his house : and many of the Co- 
rinthians hearing, believed, and were baptized. 

19 : 4 Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the bap- 
tism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should 
believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ 
Jesus. 5 When they heard this^ they were baptized in the 
name of the Lord Jesus. 

22 : 16 And now why tarriest thou ? arise, and be baptized, 
and wash away thy sins, calhng on the name of the Lord. 

25. How is baptism to be administered ? 

Mat. 3 : 5 Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judea, 
and all the region round about Jordan, 6 And were baptized 
of him in Jordan, confessing their sins. 16 And Jesus, when 
he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water. 

Jn. 3 : 23 And John also was baptizing in ^non, near to 
Salim, because there was much water there : and they came, 
and were baptized. 

Ac. 8 : 38 And he commanded the chariot to stand still : and 
they went down both into the water, both Philip and the 
eunuch ; and he baptized him. 39 And when they were come 
up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, 
that the eunuch saw him no more. 

Col. 2 : 12 Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are 
risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who 
hath raised him from the dead. 

26. What are the obligations of baptized persons? 

Mat. 28 : 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatso- 
ever 1 have commanded you. 

Ac. 2 : 42 And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' 
doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in 
prayers. 

Rom. 6 : 1 What shall we say then ? Shall we continue in 
sin, that grace may abound? 2 God forbid: how shall we, 
that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? 3 Know ye 
not that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ, 
were baptized into his death ? 4 Therefore we are buried 

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John's Baptism. 



with him by baptism into death: that Hke as Christ was 
raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so 
we also should walk in newness of life. 

Ep. 4 : 5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism. 

BAPTISM, No. II. 

27. Did John's baptism belong to the gospel, or to the prepar- 
atory dispensation, without having been administered in the 
name of the Trinity 7 

Mai. 3 : 1 Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall 
prepare the way before me : and the Lord, whom ye seek, 
shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the 
covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith 
the Lord of hosts. 

Mat. 3 : 5 Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judea, 
and all the region round about Jordan, 6 And were baptized 
of him in Jordan, confessing their sins. 7 But when he saw 
many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, 
he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned 
you to flee from the wrath to come ? 8 Bring forth therefore 
tmits meet for repentance : 11 I indeed baptize you with water 
unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier 
than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear : he shall bap- 
tize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire. 

Mk. 1 : 4 John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the 
baptism of repentance, for the remission of sins. 

Lk. 3 : 3 And he came into all the country about Jordan, 
preaching the baptism of repentance, for the remission of sins ; 
4 As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the 
prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, 
Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. [Is. 
40 : 3.] 

Jn. 1 : 21 And they asked him, What then ? Art thou Elias ? 
And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet ? And he an- 
swered, No. 23 He said, I avi the voice of one crying in the 
wilderness. Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the 
prophet Esaias. 31 And I knew him not : but that he should 
be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing 
with water. 

Ac. 19 : 1 And it came to pass, that while ApoUos was at 
Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts, came 
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Christ baptized by John — Gospel Baptism. 



to Ephesus ; and finding certain disciples, 2 He said unto 
them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed ? 
And they said unto him. We have not so much as heard 
whether there be any Holy Ghost. 3 And he said unto them, 
Ui*l;o what then were ye baptized ? And they said, Unto 
John's baptism. 4 Then said Paul, John verily baptized with 
the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that tliey 
should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on 
Christ Jesus. 5 When they heard this^ they were baptized in 
the name of the Lord Jesus. 

28. Was Christ baptized as an example of Christian bap- 
tism, or to fulfil the requirements of the ceremonial law respect- 
ing those who received the priestly office ? 

Ex. 29 : 4 And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the 
door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shalt wash 
them with water. 

Lev. 8 : 5 And Moses said unto the congregation, This is 
the thing which the Lord commanded to be done. 6 And 
Moses brought Aaron and his sons,, and washed them with 
water. 

Num. 8 : 5 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 6 Take 
the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse 
them, 7 And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them : 
Sprinkle water of purifying upon them, and let them shave all 
their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and so make them- 
selves clean. 

Mat. 3 : 13 Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto 
John, to be baptized of him. 14 But John forbade him, saying, 
I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me ? 
15 And Jesus answering said unto him. Suffer it to be so now : 
for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he 
suffered him. 

5 : 17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the 
prophets : I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. 

29. Gospel baptism rnstitiUed, and enjoined upon believers. 

Mat. 28 : 18 And Jesus came, and spake unto them, saying, 
All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. 19 Go ye 
therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name 
of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost; 
20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever 1 have 

4* 41 



30 



BAPTISM. 



Household Baptism. 



commanded you : and lo, I am with you always, even unto the 
end of the world. Amen. 

Mk. 16 : 16 He that heUeveth and is baptized, shall be 
saved ; but he that believeth not, shall be damned. 

Jn. 3 : 5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Ex- 
cept a man be born of water, and of the Spirit, he cannot enter 
into the kingdom of God. 

Ac. 2 : 38 Then Peter said unto them. Repent, and be bap- 
tized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ, for the 
remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift ot the Holy 

Ghost. 11 • ;i • 

10 : 48 And he [Peter] commanded them to be baptized m 

the name of the Lord. , , v • ;i 

22 : 16 And now why tarriest thou ? arise, and be baptized, 
and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord. 

30. Household baptism. 

Mk 10 • 14 But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, 
and said unto them, Suffer the httle children to come unto me, 
and forbid them not : for of such is the kingdom of God. 

Ac 16 : 14 And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller ot 
purple of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard 
L -whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the 
things which were spoken of Paul. 15 And when she was 
baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying If ye have 
iudged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and 
abide tUre : And she constrained us. 31 And they said, Be- 
lieve on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved and 
thy house. 32 And they spake unto him [the jailor] the 
word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house. 33 And 
he took them the same hour of the night, and washed tAeir 
stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway 
34 And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat 
before them, and rejoiced, beheving in God -th aU his house. 
1 Cor 1-16 And I baptized also the household of Stepha- 
nas ; besides, I know not whether I baptized any other. 

7 ' 14 For the unbeheving husband is sanctified by the 
wife' and the unbeheving wife is sanctified by the husband : 
else were your chUdren unclean ; but now are they holy. 
[See Church, 104—8.] 
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BAPTISM. 31 



Import and Mode of. 



31. Expressions supposed to denote the spiritual import and 
scriptural modes of baptism. 

Is. 44 : 3 For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and 
floods upon the dry ground : I will pour my Spirit upon thy 
seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring. 

52 : 15 So shall he sprinkle many nations. 

Ezk. 36 : 25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and 
ye shall be clean : from all your filthiness, and from all your 
idols, will I cleanse you. 

Mk. 7 : 2 And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread 
with defiled (that is to say, with unwashen) hands, they found 
fault. 3 For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash 
their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders. 
4 And when they come from the market, except they wash [Gr. 
Baptisontai'], they eat not. And many other things there be, 
which they have received to hold, as the washing [Gr. haptis- 
vwus'] of cups, and pots, and brazen vessels, and tables. 

Lk. 11 : 38 And when the Pharisee saw it^ he marvelled that 
he had not first washed [Gr. ebaptisthe'] before dinner. 

Ac. 1 : 5 For John truly baptized with water ; but ye shall 
be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. 

2 : 18 And on my servants, and on my hand-maidens, I will 
pour out in those days of my Spirit ; and they shall prophesy : 
33 Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and 
having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, 
he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear. 

11 : 15 And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on 
them, as on us at the beginning. 16 Then remembered I the 
word of the Lord, how that he said, John indeed baptized with 
water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost. 

1 Cor. 10 : 1 Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should 
be ignorant how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and 
all passed through the sea; 2 And were all baptized unto 
Moses in the cloud and in the sea. 

12 : 13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, 
whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free ; 
and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. 

Tit. 3:5 Not by works of righteousness which we have 
done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing 
of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost ; 6 Which he 
shed on us abundantly, through Jesus Christ our Savior.. 

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32 BIBLE. 

The Inspired Word of God. 



Heb. 9 : 10 Which stood only in meats and drinks, and di- 
vers washings [Gr. baptismois'], and carnal ordinances, im- 
posed on them until the time of reformation. 13 For if the 
blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling 
the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: 14 How 
much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal 
Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your con- 
science from dead works to serve the Hving God ? 

10 : 22 Let us draw near with a true heart, in full assurance 
of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, 
and our bodies washed with pure water. 

12 : 24 And to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and 
to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than 

that of Abel. 

1 Pet. 1:2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God 
the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedi- 
ence and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto 
you, and peace, be multiplied. 

BIBLE. 

32. Bible, the inspired word of God. 

2 S. 23:1 The sweetpsalmist of Israel, said, 2 The Spirit of 
the Lord spake by me, and'his word was in my tongue. 

2 K. 17:13 Yet the Lord testified against Israel, and 
against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, 
Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments, 
and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded 
your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the 

prophets. 

2 Ch. 34: 21 Go, inquire of the Lord for me, and for them 
that are left in Israel, and in Judah, concerning the words of 
the book that is found: for great is the wrath of the Lord 
that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept 
the word of the Lord, to do after all that is written in this 

book. 

36 : 21 To fulfil the word of the Lord by the mouth of 

Jeremiah. 

Neh. 9 : 30 #Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and 
testifiedst against them by thy Spirit in thy prophets. 

Jer. 1 : 9 Then the Lord put forth his hand, and touched my 
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32 BIBLE. 

The Inspired Word of God. 



mouth. And the Lord said unto me, Behold, I have put my 
words in thy mouth. 

36 : 1 And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim 
the son of Josiah king of Judah, that this word came unto Jere- 
miah from the Lord, saying, 2 Take thee a roll of a book, 
and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee 
against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, 
from the day I spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even 
unto this day. 

Ezk. 3:10 Moreover he said unto me. Son of man, all my 
words that I shall speak unto thee receive in thy heart, and 
hear with thine ears. 11 And go, get thee to them of the 
captivity, unto the children of thy people, and speak unto 
them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord God j whether they 
will hear, or whether they will forbear. 

Zee. 7:12 Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant 
stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the 
Lord of hosts hath sent in his Spirit by the former prophets : 
therefore came a great wrath from the Lord of hosts. 

Mat. 10 : 20 For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of 
your Father which speaketh in you. 

Lk. 1 : 70 As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, 
which have been since the world began. 

Jn. 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, 
whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all 
things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever 
I have said unto you. 

Ac. 1 : 16 Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have 
been fultilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David 
spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that 
took Jesus. 

3:18 But those things which God before had shewed by 
the mouth of aU his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath 
60 fulfilled. 

28 : 25 And when they agreed not among themselves, they 
departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the 
Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers, 26 Say- 
ing, Go unto this people and say. Hearing ye shall hear, and 
shall not understand ; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive. 

Rom. 3 : 1 What advantage then hath the Jew ? or what 

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The Inspired Word of God— Truth of. 



profit is there of circumcision'? 2 Much every way: chiefly, 
because that unto them were committed the oracles of God. 

1 Cor. 2 : 12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the 
world, but the Spirit which is of God ; that we might know 
the things that are freely given to us of God. 13 Which 
thino-s also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom 
teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing 
spiritual things with spiritual. 

Gal. 1 : 11 But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which 
was preached of me is not after man : 12 For I neither received 
it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of 

Jesus Christ. 

Ep. 6 : 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword 
of the Spirit, which is the word of God. 

1 Th. 2 : 13 For this cause also thank we God without ceas- 
ing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard 
of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but (as it is in 
truth) the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you 

that believe. r- ri a 

2 Tim. 3 : 16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, 
and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for in- 
struction in righteousness : 17 That the man of God may be 
perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works. 

Heb. 1 : 1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners 
spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, 2 Hath 
in these last days spoken unto us by his Son. 

1 Pet. 4: 11 If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles 

of God. 

2 Pet. 1 : 18 And this voice which came from heaven we 
heard, when we were with him in the holy mount. 19 We 
have also a more sure word of prophecy ; whereunto ye do 
well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark 
place, until the day dawn, and the day-star arise in your 
hearts : 20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scrip- 
ture is of any private interpretation. 21 For the prophecy 
came not in old time by the will of man : but holy men of God 
spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. 

33. Bible true. 

Ps. 19 : 9 The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever: 
the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether. 



BIBLE. 34^ 35 

Will be fulfilled— Confirmed by Miracles. 



93 : 5 Thy testimonies are very sure. 

119 : 142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, 
and thy law is the truth. 

Pr. 30 : 5 Every word of God is pure. 

Is. 25 : 1 O Lord, thou art my God ; I will exalt ihee, I will 
praise thy name ; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy 
counsels of old are faithfulness and truth. 

34. Bible will he fulfilled. 

Is. 40 : 8 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth : but the 
word of our God shall stand for ever. 

Mat. 5 : 17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or 
the prophets : I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. 18 For 
verily, I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or 
one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. 

24 ; 35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words 
shall not pass away. 

Lk. 16 : 17 And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass 
than one tittle of the law to fail. ' 

24 : 44 And he said unto them, These are the words which 
I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things 
must be fulfilled which were written in the law of Moses, and 
in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me. 

Jn. 10 : 35 And the scripture cannot be broken. 

Ac. 1 : 16 Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have 
been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David 
spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that 
took Jesus. 

3 : 18 But those things which God before had shewed by the 
mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath 
so fulfilled. [See God's Law, 262.] 

35. Bible confirmed by miracles. 

Ex. 4:4 And the Lord said unto Moses, Put forth thine 
hand and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and 
caught It, and it became a rod in his hand: 5 That they 
may beheve that the Lord God of their fathers, the God of 
Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath ap- 
peared unto thee. ^ 

14: 31 And Israel saw that great work which the Lord did 
^.upon the Egyptians : and the people feared the Lord, and be- 
Jieved the Lord, and his servant Moses. 

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35 BIBLE. 

Confirmed by Miracles. 



Ex. 19 : 9 And the Lord said unto Moses, Lo, 1 come unto 
thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when 1 speak 
with thee, and believe thee for ever. 

1 K. IS : 38 Then the fire of the Lord fell, and consumed 
the burnt-sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, 
and licked up the water that was in the trench. 39 And when 
all the people saw it, they fell on their faces : and they said. 
The Lord, he is the God ; the Lord, he is the God. 

Mat. 9 : 6 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath 
power on ear^h to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the 
palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house. 

27 : 54 Now, when the centurion, and they that were with 
him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things 
that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was 
the Son of God. 

Mk. 16 : 20 And they went forth, and preached every where, 
the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with 
signs following. 

Jn. 2 : 23 Many believed in his name, when they saw the 
miracles which he did. 

3 : 1 There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, 
a ruler of the Jews : 2 The same came to Jesus by night, and 
said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come 
from God : for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, 
except God be with him. 

5 : 36 But I have greater witness than thai of John : for the 
works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same 
works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent 

me. 

7 : 31 And many of the people believed on him, and said, 
When Christ cometh, will he do more miracles than these 
which this man hath done ? 

10 : 37 If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. 
38 But if I do, though ye beheve not me, believe the works : 
that ye may know and beheve that the Father is in me, and I 

in him. 

11:42 And I knew that thou hearest me always: but be- 
cause of the people which stand by, I said it, that they may 
beheve that thou hast sent me. 43 And when he thus had 
spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. 
44 And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot 
48 



. ^^^ 36 

C onfinned by Prophecy. 

with grave-clothes: and his face was bound about with a 
napkm. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go 
45 Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had 
seen the thmgs which Jesus did, beheved on him. 46 But 
some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told them 
what thmgs Jesus had done. 47 Then gathered the chief 
priests and the Pharisees a council, and said. What do we '? 
lor this man doeth many miracles. 48 If we let him thus 
alone, all men will believe on him. 

20: 30 And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence 
ot his disciples, which are not written in this book. 31 But 
these are written that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ 
the Son of God ; and that beUeving ye might have life through 
his name. ^ 

Ac. 2:22 Ye men of Israel, hear tliese words; Jesus of 
Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles 
and wonders, and signs, which God did by him in the midst 
of you, as ye yourselves also know. 

8:6 And the people with one accord gave heed unto those 
things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles 
which he did. 

14:3 Long time therefore abode they speaking boldly in 
the Lord, which gave testimony unto the word of his grace 
and granted signs and wonders to be done by their hands. ' 

2 Cor. 12 : 12 Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought 
among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty 

Heb. 2 : 4 God also bearing them witness, both with signs 
and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy 
Ghost. ^ 

36. Bible confirmed by prophecy. 

Gen. 49 : 10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a 
lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come : and unto 
him shall the gathering of the people be. 

Is. 13 : 17 Behold, I wiU stir up the Medes against them, 
which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not 
delight in it. 18 Their bows also shall dash the youn(r men 
to pieces ; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the 
womb ; their eye shall not spare children. 19 And Babylon 
the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency,' 

5 49 



35 BIBLE. 

Confirmed by Prophecy. 

shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. 20 It 
shall never he inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from gen- 
eration to generation : neither shaU the Arabian pitch tent 
there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there: 
21 But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there ; and their 
houses shall be full of doleful creatures ; and owls shall dwell 
there, and satyrs shall dance there. 22 And the wild beasts 
of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons 
in their pleasant palaces : and her time is near to come, and 
her days shall not be prolonged. •, , t c 

Is 14 • 22 For I will rise up against them, saith the I^ord ot 
hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and 
son, and nephew, saith the Lord. 23 I will also make it a 
possession for the bittern, and pools of water : and I will 
sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord ot hosts. 
45-1 Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, 
whose rio-ht hand I have holden, to subdue nations before 
him • and°I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the 
xwo-leaved gates, and the gates shall not be shut ; 2 I will go 
before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will 
break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars 
of iron: 3 And I wiU give thee the treasures of darkness 
and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that 
I, the Lord, which call thee by thy name, am the God ol 

Zep 2 • 13 And he wiU stretch out his hand against the 
north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desola- 
tion, and dry like a wilderness. 14 And flocks shall he down 
in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cor- 
morant and the bittern shaU lodge in the upper l^tels of it ; 
aeir voice shall sing in the windows; desolation .fta^Z 6em 
the thresholds : for he shaU uncover the cedar work. 15 Thi» 
is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said m her heart, 
lam, and tUre i/none beside me : how is she beconae a deso- 
lation, a place for beasts to lie down in ! every one that pass- 
eth bv her shall hiss, and wag his hand. 

ul. 24 : 1 And jUus went out, and departed from the tem- 
ple: and his disciples came to Mm for to shew h.m the build- 
fngs of the temple. 2 And Jesus said unto the-n See ye no 
Si these things verily, I say unto you. There shall not be left 
"nelne upon another, that shall not be thrown down, 

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BIBLE. gy 

Confirmed by Prophecy— Intelligible. 



15 When ye, therefore, shall see the abomination of desolation 
spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place,' 
(whoso readeth, let him understand,) 16 Then let them which 
be m Judea flee into the mountains : 21 For then shall be 
great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the 
world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. 

Lk. 19 : 43 For the days shall come upon thee, [Jerusalem] 
that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass 
thee round, and keep thee in on every side, 44 And shall lay 
thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee : and 
they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another : because 
thou knewest not the time of thy visitation. 

2 Th. 2 : 3 Let no man deceive you by any means : for that 
day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and 
that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition ; 4 Who op- 
poseth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that 
is worshipped ; so that he, as God, sitteth in the temple of God 
shewing himself that he is God. ' 

[See Nahum's prophecy respecting the overthrow of Nine- 
veh in the 2d and 3d chapters of Nahum.— Ezekiel's prophecy 
respecting the overthrow of Tyre, Ezk. 26 : 7— 11.— Nebuchad- 
nezzar's invasion of Egypt, Ezk. 29 : 18— 20.— Daniel's inter- 
pretation of Nebuchadnezzar's dream, Dan. 2 : 31— 35.— Isa- 
iah's prediction of Christ, Is. 7 : 14, and 35 : 3—6, and 53d chap- 
ter entire.— Zechariah's prediction respecting the 30 pieces 
of sHver paid Judas, Zee. 11 : 12, 13.— The resurrection of 
Christ, Ps. 16: 10.— The prophecy of Daniel respecting the 
rise and power of antichrist, Dan. 7 : 24, 25, and chapters 7, 8, 9, 
10, 11, and 12, entire, and Is. 47th ch. entire. Jer. 50 : 22— 4o' 
and 51 : 30—44.] ' 

37. Bible intelligible. 

Ps. 119 : 105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light 
unto my path. 130 The entrance of thy words giveth hght; 
it giveth understanding unto the simple. 

2 Pet. 1 : 18 And this voice which came from heaven we 
heard, when we were with him in the holy mount. 19 We have 
also a more sure word of prophecy ; whereunto ye do well 
that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark 
place, until the day dawn, and the day-star arise in your 
hearts. • 

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38, 39 BIBLE. 



Our Rule — The true Means of Grace. 



38. Bible the rule of faith and practice. 

Dt. 4 : 2 Ye shall not add unto the word which I command 
you, neither shall ye diminish aught from it, that ye may keep 
the commandments of the Lord your God which I command 
you. 

Ec. 12 : 13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter : 
Fear God, and keep his commandments : for this is the whole 
duty of man. 

Is. 8 : 20 To the law and to the testimony : if they speak 
not according to this word, it is because there is no light in 
them. 

Jn. 12 : 48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my 
words, hath one that judge th him : the word that I have 
spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day. 

Rom. 2 : 16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of 
men by Jesus Christ, according to my gospel. 

39. Bible the true means of grace. 

Ps. 19 : 7 The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the 
soul : the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the 
simple. 

119 : 93 I will never forget thy precepts : for with them thou 
hast quickened me. 

Jn. 15 : 3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have 
spoken unto you. 

17 : 17 Sanctify them through thy truth : thy word is truth. 
19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might 
be sanctified through the truth. 

Rom. 1 : 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ : 
for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that be- 
lieveth ; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. 

10: 17 So then, faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the 
word of God. 

1 Cor. 1 : 21 For after that in the wisdom of God the world 
by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness 
of preaching to save them that believe. 

4 : 15 For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, 
yet have ye not many fathers : for in Christ Jesus I have be- 
gotten you through the gospel. 

Ep. 6 : 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword 
of the Spirit, which is the word of God. 
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BIBLE. 40 

To be taught and studied. 



2 Tim. 3 : 15 And that from a child thou hast known the 
holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salva- 
tion through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 16 All scripture 
is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, 
for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 
17 That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished 
unto all good works. 

Jam. 1 : 18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of 
truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures. 
21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness, and superfluity of 
naughtiness, and receive with meekness the ingrafted word 
which is able to save your souls. 

1 Pet. 1 : 23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but 
of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth 
for ever. 

40. Bible to be taught and studied. 

Dt. 11 ; 18 Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in 
your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon 
your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes. 

19 And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them 
when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by 
the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. 

20 And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine 
house, and upon thy gates : 21 That your days may be multi- 
pHed, and the days of your children, in the land which the 
Lord sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of 
heaven upon the earth. 

29 : 29 The secret things belong unto the Lord our God : 
but those things which are revealed belong unto us, and to our 
children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law. 

Jos. 1 : 8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy 
mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that 
thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written 
therein : for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and 
then thou shalt have good success. 

Ps, 1:1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel 
of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth 
in the seat of the scornful. 2 But his dehght is in the law of 
the Lord ; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. 
3 And he shall be Hke a tree planted by the rivers of water, 

5* 53 



40 BIBLE. 

To be taught and studied. 



that bringeth forth his fruit in his season ; his leaf also shall 
not wither ; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. 

Pr. 4 : 13 Take fast hold of instruction ; let her not go : 
keep her : for she is thy life. 20 My son, attend to my words ; 
incline thine ear unto my sayings. 21 Let them not depart 
from thine eyes ; keep them in the midst of thine heart. 
22 For they are Ufe unto those that find them, and health to 
all their flesh. 

Jer. 23 : 28 The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a 
dream ; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word 
faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat ? saith the Lord. 
29 Is not my word hke as a fire ? saith the Lord j and lilie a 
hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces ? 

Mat. 22 : 29 Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, 
not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God. 

Jn. 5 : 39 Search the scriptures ; for in them ye tliink ye 
have eternal life : And they are they which testify of me. 

Ac. 17: 11 These were more noble than those in Thessa- 
lonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of 
mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things 

were so. 

Rom. 15 : 4 For whatsoever things were written aforetime, 
were vsritten for our learning, that we through patience and 
comfort of the scriptures might have hope. 

Ep. 6 : 17 Take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of 
the Spirit, which is the word of God. 

1 Th. 5:271 charge you by tlie Lord that this epistle be 
read unto all the holy brethren. 

2 Tim. 3 : 15 And that from a child thou hast known the 
holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salva- 
tion through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 16 All scripture 
is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, 
for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 
17 That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished 
unto all good works. 

Heb. 2 : 1 Therefore we ought to give the more earnest 
heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we 
should let them slip. 

1 Pet. 2 : 2 As new-born babes, desire the sincere milk of 
the word, that ye may grow thereby. 

Rev. 1 : 3 Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear 
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BIBLE. 41, 42 

A written Revelation — Sin of perverting it. 



the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are 
written therein : for the time is at hand. [Ps. 19, and 119, 
entire.] 

41. Bible a written revelation. 

Dt. 9 : 10 And the Lord deHvered unto me two tables of 
stone written with the finger of God -, and on them was written 
according to all the words which the Lord spake with you in 
the mount, out of the midst of the fire, in the day of the as- 
sembly. 

Ps. 102 : 18 This shall be written for the generation to 
come : and the people which shall be created shall praise the 
Lord. 

42. Sin and danger of perverting- the Bible. 

Pr. 30 : 6 Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, 
and thou be found a liar. 

Mat. 15 : 3 But he answered and said unto them, Why do 
ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition ? 

4 For God commanded, saying. Honor thy father and mother : 
and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death. 

5 But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, 
It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me ; 

6 And honor not his father or his mother, he shall be free. 
Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect 
by your tradition. 

Mk. 7 : 7 Howbeit, in vain do they worship me, teaching/or 
doctrines the commandments of men. 8 For, laying aside the 
commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the 
washing of pots and cups : and many other such like things ye 
do. 9 And he said unto them. Full well ye reject the com- 
mandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition. 

Col. 2:8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philos- 
ophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the ru- 
diments of the world, and not after Christ. 

2 Pet. 3 : 15 And account that the long-suffering of our 
Lord is salvation ; even as our beloved brother Paul also, ac- 
cording to the wisdom given unto him, hath written unto you ; 
16 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; 
in which are some things hard to be understood, which they 
that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the 
other scriptures, unto their own destruction. 

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43, 44 CHEERFULNESS CHILDREN. 



Duty and Advantages of— Disposition of Children. 



Rev. 22 : 18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the 
words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto 
these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are 
written in this book : 19 And if any man shall take away from 
the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away 
his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and 
from the things which are written in this book. 

CHEERFULNESS. 

43. Duty and advantages of cheerfulness. 

Pr. 14 : 30 A sound heart is the life of the flesh : but envy 
the rottenness of the bones. [Ps. 119:80.] 

15 : 13 A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance : but 
by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken. 15 He that is of a 
merry heart hath a continual feast. 

17 : 22 A merry heart doeth good like a medicine : but a 
broken spirit drieth the bones. 

Jn. 16 : 33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me 
ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation, 
but be of good, cheer : I have overcome the world. 

1 Th. 5 : 16 Rejoice evermore. [See Joy in God, 270.] 

CHILDREN. 

44. Ignorance^ docility^ and confiding disposition of very little 
children. 

Dt. 1 : 39 Moreover, your little ones, which ye said should 
be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no know- 
ledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto 
them will I give it, and they shall possess it. 

Is. 7 : 15 Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may knoAV 
to refuse the evil, and choose the good. 16 For before the 
child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the 
land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings. 

Mat. 18 : 3 Except ye be converted, and become as httle 
children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. 

Mk. 10 : 14 But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, 
and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, 
and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God, 
15 Verily I say unto you. Whosoever shall not receive the 
kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein. 
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CHILDREN. 45j 46 



Duties of, to Parents— Disobedient Children punished. 



ir 



16 And he took them up in his armsj put his hands upon them, 
and blessed them. [Lk. 18 : 16.] 

45. Duties of children to parents. 

Ex. 20 : 12 Honor thy father and thy mother ; that thy days 
may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. 
Lev. 19 : 3 Ye shall fear every man his mother and his father. 
Pr. 1:8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and for- 
sake not the law of thy mother : 9 For they shall he an orna- 
ment of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck. 

6 : 20 My son, keep thy fatlier's commandment, and forsake 
not the law of thy mother : 21 Bind them continually upon 
thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. 22 When thou 
goest, it shall lead thee ; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee ; 
and uhen thou avvakest, it shall talk with thee. 

13 : 1 A wise son heareth his father's instruction : but a 
scorner heareth not rebuke. 

23 : 22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise 
not thy mother when she is old. 

Mat. 15 : 4 For God commanded, saying. Honor thy father 
and mother : and. He that curseth father or mother, let him 
die the death. 5 But ye say. Whosoever shall say to his fa- 
ther or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be 
profited by me ; 6 And honor not his father or hism other, he 
shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God 
of none effect by your tradition. 

Lk. 2 : 51 And he [Christ] went dowm with them, [his pa- 
rents] and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them. 

Ep. 6 : 1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord : for this 
is right. 2 Honor thy father and mother, (which is the first 
commandment with promise,) 3 That it may be well with 
thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth. 

Col. 3 : 20 Children, obey your parents in all things : for this 
is well-pleasing unto the Lord. 21 Fathers, provoke not your 
children to anger, lest they be discouraged. 
[See Aged Persons, 8.] 

46. Punishment of disobedient and stubborn children. 

Ex. 21 : 15 He that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall 
be surely put to death. 17 And he that curseth his father or 
his mother, shall surely be put to death. 

Dt. 21 : 18 If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, 

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47j 48 CHILDREN CHRIST JESUS. 

Season of Childhood important— His perfect Example. 



which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his 
mother, and that^ when they have chastened him, will not 
hearken unto them : 21 And all the men of his city shall stone 
him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away 
from among you, and all Israel shall hear, and fear. 

Dt. 27 : 16 Cursed he he that setteth hght by his father or 
his mother : and all the people shall say. Amen. 

Pr. 20 : 20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp 
shall be put out in obscure darkness. 

30 : 17 The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to 
obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and 
the young eagles shall eat it. 

47. The season of childhood and youth important. 

Pr. 8 : 17 I love them that love me : and those that seek me 
early shall find me. 

Pr. 22 : 6 Train up a child in the way he should go : and 
when he is old, he will not depart from it. 

Ec. 12 : 1 Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy 
youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, 
when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them. 

[See Custom, 128.] 

CHRIST JESUS. 

48. A 'perfect example of piety, obedience, and universal right- 
eousness, 

Ps. 40 : 7 Then said I, Lo, I come : in the volume of the book 
it is written of me, 8 I delight to do thy will, O my God : yea, 
thy law is within my heart. 

Is. 11:1 And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem 
of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots : 2 And the 
Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom 
and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit 
of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord ; 3 And shall make 
him of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord : and he 
shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after 
the hearing of his ears : 4 But with righteousness shall he judge 
the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth. 

Mat. 27 : 19 When he was set down on the judgment-seat, 
his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with 
that just man : for I have suffered many things this day in a 
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CHRIST JESUS. 49 



His Self-denial. 



dream, because of him. 24 When Pilate saw that he could 
prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took 
water, and washed Ms hands before the multitude, saying, 1 
am innocent of the blood of this just person : see ye to it. 

Jn. 4 : 34 Jesus saith unto them. My meat is to do the will 
of him that sent me, and to finish his work. 

5 : 30 I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father 
which hath sent me. 

6 : 38 I came down from heaven, not to do my own will, but 
the will of him that sent me. 

8 : 29 And he that sent me is with me : the Father hath not 
left me alone ; for I do always those things that please him. 

17 : 4 I have glorified thee on the earth : I have finished the 
work which thou gavest me to do. 

Ac. 3 : 14 But ye denied the Holy One, and the Just, and 
desired a murderer to be granted unto you. 

2 Cor. 5 : 21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who 
knew no sin ; that we might be made the righteousness of God 
in him. 

Heb. 4 : 15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be 
touched with the feeling of our infirmities : but was in all points 
tempted like as uoe are^ yet without sin. 

7 : 26 For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harm- 
less, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than 
the heavens, 27 Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, 
to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the peo- 
ple's : for this he did once, when he offered up himself 

1 Pet. 2:21 For even hereunto were ye called: because 
Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye 
should follow his steps : 22 Who did no sin, neither was guile 
found in his mouth : 23 Who, when he was reviled, reviled 
not again ; when he suffered, he threatened not ; but com- 
mitted hhnself to him that judgeth righteously. 

1 Jn. 2 : 1 My little children, these things write I unto you, 
that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate 
with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. 

49. Chrisfs self-denial. 

■ Mat. 8 : 20 And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, 
and the birds of the air have nests ; but the Son of man hath 
not where to lay his head. 

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Deadness to the World — Love and Compassion. 



Rom. 15 : 2 Let every one of us please his neighbor for his 
good to edification. 3 For even Christ pleased not himself; 
but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached 
thee fell on me. 

2 Cor. 8 : 9 For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, 
that ye through his poverty might be rich. 

Heb. 12 : 2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of 
our faith ; who, for the joy [Gr. Anti— instead of the joy] that 
was set before him, endured the cross, despising the shame, 
and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. 

50. HoiD did Christ regard the world and its honors ? 

Mat. 4 : 8 Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding 
high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, 
and the glory of them, 9 And saith unto him, All these things 
will I give thee, if thoa wilt fall down and worship me. 
10 Then saith Jesus unto him. Get thee hence, Satan : for 
it is written. Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and liim 
only shalt thou serve. 

Jn. 5 : 41 I receive not honor from men. 

16 : 33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye 
might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation, but 
be of good cheer : I have overcome the world. 

18 : 36 Jesus answered. My kingdom is not of this world. 

51. Christ's love and compassion towards mankind. 

Pr. 8 : 29 When he gave to the sea his decree, that the 
waters should not pass his commandment ; when he appointed 
the foundations of the earth : 30 Then I was by him, as one 
brought up with him : and I was daily his delight, rejoicing 
always before him ; 31 Rejoicing in the habitable part of his 
earth ; and my delights were with the sons of men. 

Mat. 9 : 35 And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, 
teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the 
kingdom, and healing every sickness, and every disease among 
the people. 36 But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved 
with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scat- 
tered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd. 

14 : 14 And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and 
was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their 
sick. 

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CHRIST JESUS. 52 



A Pattern of Condescension. 



15 : 32 Then Jesus called his disciples unto Mm, and said, 
I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue 
with me now three days, and have nothing to eat : and I will 
not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way. 

23 : 37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou thatkillest the prophets, 
and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I 
have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth 
her cliickens under her wings, and ye would not ! 

Jn. 13 : 34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye 
love one another ; as I have loved you, that ye also love one 
another. 

15 : 9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you : 
continue ye in mj^ love. 

Ac. 10 : 38 God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy 
Ghost and with power : who went about doing good, and heal- 
ing all that were oppressed of the devil ; for God was with him. 

Rom. 5 : 6 For when we were yet without strength, in due 
time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For scarcely for a right- 
eous man will one die : yet peradventure for a good man some 
would even dare to die. 8 But God commendeth his love 
toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 

8 : 37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors, 
through him that loved us. 

Ep. 5 : 2 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and 
hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for 
a sweet-smelling savor. [See 214, 215, and 491.] 

52. Christ a pattern of condescension. 

Mat. 9: 11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto 
his disciples. Why eateth your Master with publicans and sin- 
ners? 12 But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, 
They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are 
sick. 

19:14 But Jesus said, Suifer little children, and forbid them 
not, to come unto me : for of such is the kingdom of heaven. 
15 And he laid his hands on them, and departed thence. 

20 : 27 And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be 
your servant : 28 Even as the Son of man came not to be 
mmistered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom 
for many. 

Lk. 22:27 For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meal, 

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Meekness and Modesty. 



or he that serveth ? is not he that sitteth at meat ? but I am 
among you as he that serveth. 

Jn. 13:13 Ye call me Master, and Lord : and ye say well ; 
for so I am. 14 If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed 
your feet ; ye also ought to wash one another's feet. 

Ph. 2 : 6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not rob- 
bery to be equal with God : 7 But made himself of no reputa- 
tion, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made 
in the likeness of men : 8 And being found in fashion as a man, 
he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the 
death of the cross. 

Heb. 2:11 For both he that sanctifieth, and they who are 
sanctified, are all of one : for which cause he is not ashamed 
to call them brethren, 12 Saying, I will declare thy name 
unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise 
unto thee. 16 For verily he took not on him the nature of an- 
gels ; but he took on him the seed of Abraham. [See 546.] 

53. Christ's meekness^ lowliness^ and modesty. 

Is. 42 : 2 He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to 
be heard in the street. 3 A bruised reed shall he not break, 
and the smoking flax shall he not quench : he shall bring forth 
judgment unto truth. [Mat. 12 : 17—20.] 

50 : 6 I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them 
that plucked off the hair : I hid not my face from shame and 
spitting. 

53 : 7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened 
not his mouth : he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and 
as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he opened not his 
mouth. 

Mat. 11 : 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me : for I 
am meek and lowly in heart ; and ye shall find rest unto your 
souls. 

21 : 5 Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh 
unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of 
an ass. 

2 Cor. 10 : 1 Now I Paul myself beseech you, by the meek- 
ness and gentleness of Christ. 

1 Pet. 2 : 21 Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an ex- 
ample, that ye should follow his steps : 23 Who, when he was 
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Diligent in his Work— Pirayerful. 



reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened 
not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously. 

54. Christ diligent in his work. 

Lk. 2:49 Wist ye not that I must be about my Father's 
business ? 

Jn. 9 : 4 I must work the works of him that sent me, while 
It is day : the night cometh, when no man can work. 

Ac. 10 : 38 God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy 
Ghost and with power : who went about doing good, and heal- 
ing all that were oppressed of the devil ; for God was with him. 

55. Chrisfs prayerfulness. 

Mat. 14 : 23 And when he had sent the multitudes away, he 
went up into a mountain apart to pray : and when the evenino- 
was come, he was there alone. ^ 

26 : 36 Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder. 39 And 
he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, say- 
ing, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me • 
nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt. 42 He went away 
agam the second time, and prayed, sayirt|| O my Father, if 
this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy 
will be done. 44 And went away again, and prayed the third 
time, saying the same words. 

^ Mk. 6 : 46 And when he had sent them away, he departed 
mto a mountain to pray. 

Lk. 5: 16 And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and 
prayed. ' 

6 : 12 He went out into a mountain to pray, and continued 
all night in prayer to God. 

oo^u ^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^"® praying, his disciples were with him. 
28 He took Peter, and John, and James, and went up into a 
mountam to pray. 29 And as he prayed, the fashion of his 
countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and dis- 
terinor. * 

11 : 1 And it came to pass, that as he was praying in a cer- 
tam place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him 
Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples. ' 

22 : 31 And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan 
hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: 
3^ But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not. 

Jn. 14: 15 If ye love me, keep my commandments: 16 And 

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A Preacher— A Reprover. 



I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Com- 
forter, that he may abide with you for ever. 

56. Christ a preacher. 

Ps. 40 : 9 I have preached righteousness in the great congre- 
gation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O Lord, thouknowest. 
10 I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart ; I have 
declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation : I have not con- 
cealed thy loving-kindness and thy truth from the great con- 
gregation. 

Is. 61 : 1 The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me ; because 
the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the 
meek ; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to pro- 
claim hberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to 
them that are bound ; 2 To proclaim the acceptable year of 
the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God. 

Mat. 4 : 23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in 
their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, 
and healing all manner of sickness, and all manner of disease 

among the people^ 

7 : 28 And it cSe to pass when Jesus had ended these say- 
ings, the people were astonished at his doctrine. 29 For he 
taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. 

13 : 54 And when he was come into his own country, he 
taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were 
astonished, and said, Whence hath this man this wisdom, and 
these mighty works ? 

Jn. 7 : 14 Now, about the midst of the feast, Jesus went up 
into the temple and taught. 15 And the Jews marvelled, say- 
ing. How knoweth this man letters, having never learned 1 
46 The officers answered, Never man spake hke this man. 

57. Christ a reprover. 

Is. 11 : 3 And shall make him of quick understanding in the 
fear of the Lord: and he shall not judge after the sight of his 
eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears : 4 But with 
righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity 
for the meek of the earth : and he shall smite the earth with 
the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he 
slay the wicked. 

Mai. 3:2 But who may abide the day of his coming? and 
who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's 
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58 



Applauded. 



fire, and like fullers' soap. 3 And he shall sit as a refiner and 
purifier of silver : and he shall purify the sons of Levi and 
purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unti the 
Lord an offering in righteousness. 

Lk. 11 : 52 Wo unto you, la^vyers ! for ye have taken away 
the key ot knowledge : ye entered not in yourselves, and them 
that were entering in ye hindered. 

12 : 49 I am come to send fire on the earth, and what will I 
if it be already kindled ? ' 

Jn 18:37 Pilate therefore said unto him, Art tliou a kinxr 
then ? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king To 
this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world 
that I should bear witness unto the truth. [See Mat chan' 
5th and 23d, throughout.] ' ^' 

58. Christ applauded. 

Mat. 21:8 And a very great multitude spread their gar- 
ments m the way ; others cut down branches from the trees 
and strewed them in the way. 9 And the multitudes thai 
went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the 
Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the 
Lord: Hosanna in the highest. [Mk. 11 : 8— 10.1 

Mk. 12 : 12 And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared 
the people ; for they knew that he had spoken the parable 
agamst them : and they left him, and went their way 

Lk. 4 : 14 And Jesus returned in the power of the Spu-it into 
Gahlee : and there went out a fame of him throuo-h all the re- 
gion round about. 15 And he taught in their Vnagogues, 
bemg glorified of aU. ^ S"S^«^j 

5: 15 But so much the more went there a fame abroad of 
him: and great multiUides came together to hear and to be 
healed by him of their infirmities. 

Jn. 6: 15 When Jesus therefore perceived that they would 
come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed 
again into a mountain himself alone. 

11 : 47 Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a 
council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many 
miracles 48 If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on 
hmi: and the Romans shaU come, and take away both our 
place and nation. 

12 : 19 The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Per- 

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His Crucifixion. 



ceive ye how ye prevail nothing 1 behold, the world is gone 
after him. 

59. ChiHst opposed, reviled, and persecuted unto death, 
Ps. 2 : 1 Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine 
a vain thing 1 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and 
the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against 
his Anointed, saying, 3 Let us break their bands asunder, and 
cast away their cords from us. 

Is. 53 : 2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, 
and as a root out of a dry ground : he hath no form nor come- 
liness ; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we 
should desire him. 3 He is despised and rejected of menj a 
man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it 
were our faces from him ; he was despised, and we esteemed 
him not. 4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our 
sorrows : yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and 

afflicted. 

Mat. 10 : 24 The disciple is not above his master, nor the 
servant above his lord. 25 It is enough for the disciple that 
he be as his master, and the servant as his lord : if they have 
called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall 
they call them of his household ? 

13:55 Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother 
called Mary ? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, 
and Judas ? 56 And his sisters, are they not all with us ? 
Whence then hath this man all these things ? 57 And they 
were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet 
is not without honor, save in his own country, and in his own 

house. 

26:66 What think ye? They answered and said. He is 
guilty of death. 67 Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted 
him ; and others smote him with the palms of their hands, 
68 Saying, Prophesy unto us, thou Christ, Who is he that 

smote thee? 

27 : 29 And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they 
put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand : and they 
bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying. Hail, 
King of the Jews ! 30 And they spit upon him, and took the 
reed, and smote him on the head. 31 And after that they had 
mocked him, they took the robe off from him, and put his own 
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His Humanity. 



raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him. 34 They 
gave him vinegar to drink, mingled with gall : and when he had 
tasted thereof, he would not drink. 

Mk. 15 : 27 And with him they crucify two thieves, the one 
on his right hand, and the other on his left. 28 And the scrip- 
ture was fulfilled, which saith, And he was numbered with the 
transgressors. 29 And they that passed by, railed on him, 
wagging their heads, and saying. Ah, thou that destroyest the 
temple, and buildest it in three days, 30 Save thyself, and 
come down from the cross. 31 Likewise also the chief priests 
mocking, said among themselves with the scribes, He saved 
others ; himself he cannot save. 32 Let Christ the King of 
Israel descend now from the cross, that we may see and be- 
lieve. And they that were crucified with him, reviled him. 

Lk. 4 : 28 And all they in the synagogue, when they heard 
these things, were filled with wrath, 29 And rose up, and 
thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the 
hill, (whereon their city was built,) that they might cast him 
down headlong. 

16 : 14 And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard 
all these things, and they derided him. 

Jn. 10 : 20 And many of them said. He hath a devil, and is 
mad ; why hear ye Mm ? 31 Then the Jews took up stones 
again to stone him. 

19 : 5 Then cafne Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, 
and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the 
man ! 6 When the chief priests therefore and ofiicers saw him, 
they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. [See 408, 
and 439.] ' J' L j 

60. Chrisfs humanity. 

Mat. 1 : 1 Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the son of Abra- 
ham. 

8 : 20 Tfce Son of Man hath not where to lay his head.* 
^ Lk. 2 : 52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and 
m favor with God and man. 

Jn. 1 : 14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among 
us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten 
ot the Father,) full of grace and truth. 

* Christ caUs himself the Son of Man more than sixty times. 

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51 CHRIST JESUS. 



His Dependence. 



1 Tim. 2 : 5 There is one God, and one mediator between 
God and men, the man Christ Jesus. 

Heb. 2 : 14 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers 
of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of .the 
same ; that through death he might destroy him that had the 
power of death, that is, the devil ; 15 And deliver them, who, 
through fear of death, were all their hfe-time subject to bond- 
age ""le For verily he took not on Mm the nature of angels ; 
but he took on Urn the seed of Abraham. 17 Wherefore in 
all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren ; 
that he might be a merciful and faithful High Priest m thmgs 
pertaining to God, to make reconciUation for the sms of the 
people. 18 For in that he himself hath suffered, bemg tempted, 
he is able to succor them that are tempted. 

4 • 15 For we have not a high priest which cannot be 
touched with the feeling of our infirmities: but was m aU 
points tempted like as we are, yet vnthout sm. 

1 Jn. 4 : 3 Every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ 
IB come in the flesh, is not of God. 

61. Christ^s dependence. 

Is. 42 : 6 I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, and 
will hold thy hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a 
covenant of the people, for a Kght of the Gentiles. 

Jn. 5 : 19 Then answered Jesus, and said unto them. Verily, 
verily, I'say unto you. The Son can do nothing of himself, but 
what he seeth the Father do : for what things soever he doeth, 
these also doeth the Son likewise. 30 I can of mine own self 
do nothing : as I hear, I judge : and my judgment is just ; be- 
cause I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father 

which hath sent me. , ^ i- ^ xi_ 

6 : 57 As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the 
Father : so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me. 

8 • 28 Then said Jesus unto them. When ye have lifted up 
the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do 
nothing of myself ; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak 
these things. 29 And he that sent me is with me : the Father 
hath not left me alone ; for I do always those things that please 

"l4 • 10 Behevest thou not that I am in the Father, and the 
Father in me? the words that I speak unto you, I speak not of 
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Subjection as a Son. 



myself: bat the Father, that dwelleth in me, he doeth the 
works. 

20 : 17 I ascend unto my Father and your Father, and to 
my God and your God. 

2 Cor. 13:4 For though he was crucified through weak- 
ness, yet he hveth by the power of God. 

Heb. 2 : 9 But we see Jesus, who was made a httle lower 
than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory 
and honor. [See his Prayerfulness, 55.] 

62. Subjection as a son. 

Ps. 2:71 will declare the decree : the Lord hath said unto 
me, Thou art my Son ; this day have I begotten thee. 

Mat. 12 : 18 Behold my servant, whom I have chosen. 

Mk. 13 : 32 But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, 
no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but 
the Father. [Mat. 24 : 36.] 

Lk. 1 : 32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of 
the Highest ; and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne 
of his father David. 35 And the angel answered and said unto 
her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of 
the Highest shall overshadow thee : therefore also that holy 
thing which shaU be born of thee, shall be called the Son of 
God. 

Jn. 6 : 38 I came down fi^om heaven, not to do mine own will 
but the will of him that sent me. 

7 : 16 Jesus answered them, and said. My doctrine is not 
mine, but his that sent me. 

8 : 29 And he that sent me is witli me : the Father hath not 
.eft me alone ; for I do always those things that please him 

10 : 36 Say ye of him whom the Father hath sanctified, and 
sent into the world. Thou blasphemest; because 1 said, I am 
the Son of God? 

12 : 49 For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father 
which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should 
say, and what I should speak. 

14 : 28 I go unto the Father : for my Father is greater than I. 

17: 3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the 
only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent. 8 For 
1 have given unto them the words which thou gavest me ; and 
they have received them, and have known surely that I came 
out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me 

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His Pre-eminence. 



Jn. 19 : 7 The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our 
law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God. 

Rom. 1 : 3 Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which 
was made of the seed of David according to the fleshy 4 And 
declared to be the Son of God with power, accordmg to the 
Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead. 

I Cor 3 • 23 And ye are Christ's : and Christ is God s. 

II • 3 But I would have you know, that the head of every 
man is Christ ; and the head of the woman is the man ; and 

the head of Christ is God. -r, ^ v 

15 • 27 For he hath put all things under his feet. But when 
he saith all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is 
excepted which did put all things under him. 28 And when 
all thino-s shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also 
himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that 
God may be all in all. 

Gal 4 : 4 But when the iuhiess of the time was come, God 
sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, 
5 To redeem them that were under the law, that we might re- 
ceive the adoption of sons. r^. ■ ^ 
Ep. 3:9 God, who created all things by Jesus Christ. 

63. Christ exalted above creatures. 

Ps. 89 : 27 I will make him my first-born, higher than tlie 

kings of the earth. 

Jn 1-14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among 
us rand we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten 
of 'the Father,) full of grace and truth. 15 John bare witness 
of him, and cried, saying. This was he of whom I spake, He 
that Cometh after me, is preferred before me ; for he was be- 
fore me. . .. 

Jn. 3 : 31 He that cometh from heaven is above all. 

Col 1 • 15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the first- 
born of every creature. 18 And he is the head of the body, 
the church : who is the beginning, the first-born from the dead ; 
that in all things he might have the pre-emmence. 

Heb. 1 : 4 Being made so much better than the angels, as he 
hath by inheritanc'^ obtained a more excellent name than they. 
5 For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art 
my Son, this day have I begotten thee ? And agam, I wiU be 
to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son ? 6 And again, 
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His Divine Titles. 



when he bringeth in the first-begotten into the world, he saith, 
And let all the angels of God worship him. 

Rev. 1 : 5 The Prince of the kings of the earth. 

3 : 14 The beginning of the creation of God. 

64. Christ's divine names and titles. 

Ps. 45 : 3 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most Mighty, 
with thy glory and thy majesty. 6 Thy throne, O God, is for 
ever and ever : the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre. 

Is. 9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given : 
and the government shall be upon his shoulder : and his name 
shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God. The 
everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. 

44 : 6 Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel, and his Re- 
deemer the Lord of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last: 
and besides me there is no God. 

Mat. 1 : 23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall 
bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel 
which being interpreted is, God with us. ' 

22 : 43 He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit 
call him Lord, saying, 44 The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit 
thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool '2 
[Ps. 110:1.] 

Jn. 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was 
with God, and the Word was God. 

13 : 14 If I then, yotir Lord and Master, have washed your 
feet ; ye also ought to wash one another's feet. 

20 : 28 Thomas answered and said unto him. My Lord and 
my God. 

Ac. 10 : 36 Jesus Christ : (he is Lord of all.) 

Rom. 9 : 5 Whose are the fathers, and of whom, as concern- 
ing the fleeh, Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. 

Ep. 1:2 Grace he to you, and peace, from God our Father' 
and /rom the Lord Jesus Christ. [Ph. 1:2; Col. 1:2.] ' 

Heb. 1 : 8 But unto the Son, h^ saith, Thy throne, O God, is 
for ever and ever : a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of 
thy kingdom. 

2 Pet. 2 : 1 But there were false prophets also among the 
people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who 
privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying theLord 
that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. 

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His Equality with God — His Attributes. 



1 Jn. 5 : 20 We are in him that is true, even in his Son 
Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal Hfe. 

Jude 25 To the only wise God our Savior, he glory and 
majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. 

Rev. 17 : 14 The Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord 
of lords, and King of kings. 

19 : 13 And his name is called The Word of God. 16 And 
he hath on his vesture and on his thigh, a name written, KING 
OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. 

22 : 13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, 
the first and the last. 

65. Chrisfs claim to equality with God. 

Jn. 5 : 17 My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. 18 There- 
fore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only 
had broken the sabbath, but said also, that God was his Fa- 
ther, making himself equal with God.* 

10 : 30 I and my Father are one. 33 The Jews answered 
him, saying. For a good work we stone thee not ; but for blas- 
phemy, and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself 
God. 36 Say ye of him whom the Father hath sanctified, and 
sent into the world. Thou blasphemest ; because I said, I am 
the Son of God ? 37 If I do not the works of my Father, be- 
lieve me not. 38 But if I do, though ye believe not me, be- 
lieve the works : that ye may know and believe that the Fa- 
ther is in me, and I in him. 

14 : 9 Jesus saith unto him. Have I been so long time with 
you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip ? he that hath 
seen me, hath seen the Father ; and how sayest thou theii, 
Shew us the Father? 

17 : 5 And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own 
self, with the glory which I had with thee before the w^orld 
was. 10 And all mine are thine, and thine are mine ; and I 
am glorified in them. 

Ph. 2 : 5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ 
Jesus : 6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not rob- 
bery to be equal with God. 

66. Divine attributes and prerogatives claimed by Christ, and 
ascribed to him. 

Mat. 9 : 4 And Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, Where- 
fore think ye evil in your hearts ? 

* Christ calls God his Father more than fifty times, as recorded by tlie Evangelists. 
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His Attributes. 



11 : 27 All things are delivered unto me of my Father; and 
no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth 
any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the 
bon will reveal him. 

18 : 20 For where two or three are gathered together in my 
name, there am I in the midst of them. 

28:18 And Jesus came, and spake unto them, saying, All 
power IS given unto me in heaven and in earth. 19 Go ye 
therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of 
the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost; 20 Teach- 
ing them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded 
you : and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the 
world. 

Mk. 2 : 5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick 
of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven tliee. 6 But there were 
certam of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their 
hearts, 7 Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who 
can forgive sins but God only ? 8 And immediately, when 
Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within them- 
selves, he said unto them, Why reason ye these things in your 
hearts ? 9 Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy 
Thy sins be forgiven thee ; or to say. Arise, and take up thy 
bed, and walk ? 10 But that ye may know that the Son of 
man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick 
of the palsy,) 11 I say unto thee. Arise, and take up tliy bed 
and go thy way into thy house. 

Lk. 10 : 22 All things are delivered to me of my Father : 
and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and 
who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will 
reveal him. 

Jn. 1:1 In ihe beginning was the Word, and the Word 
was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in 
the beginning with God. 

2: 24 But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because 
he knew all ,nen, 25 And needed not that any should testify 
of man: for he knew what was in man. 

3:13 And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he 
that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in 
heaven. 

8 : 58 Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I sav unto you, Be- 
fore Abraham was. I am. ' 

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55 CHRIST JESUS. 



His Attributes. 



Jn. 10 : 15 As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the 
Father 17 Therefore doth my Father love me, because 1 lay 
down my hfe, that 1 might take it again. 18 No man taketh 
it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay 
it down, and 1 have power to take it again. This command- 
ment have I received of my Father. n , vr 

11 : 25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the lite. 

14 : 15 If ye love me, keep my commandments. 

17- 5 And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own 
self, with the glory which I had with thee before the world was. 

21 : 17 And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things ; 
thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my 

sheet). 

1 Cor. 1 : 24 But unto them which are called, both Jews and 
Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. 

8 : 6 But to us there is hut one God, the Father, of whom are 
all things, and we in him ; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by 
whom are all things, and we by him. 

9 : 21 To them that are without law, as without law, (being 
not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I 
might gain them that are without law. 

10 : 4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink : (For they 
drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that 
Rock was Christ.) 

Gal. 1:11 But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which 
was preached of me is not after man : 12 For 1 neither re- 
ceived it of man, neither was I taught % but by the revelation 
of Jesus Christ. 

Ph. 3 : 20 For our conversation is in heaven ; from whence 
also we look for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ : 21 Who 
shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto 
his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able 
even to subdue all things unto himself. 

Col. 1 : 17 And he is before all things, and by him all things 
consist, 18 And he is the head of the body, the church : who 
is the beginning, the first-born from the dead ; that in all things 
he mighrhave the pre-eminence. 19 For it pleased the Fa- 
ther that in him should all fulness dwell. 

2 : 2 That their hearts might be comforted, being knit to- 
gether in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of un- 
derstanding, to the acknowledgment of the mystery of God, 
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His Works. 



and of the Father, and of Christ ; 3 In whom are hid all the 
treasures of .visdom and knowledge. 9 For in him dwelleth 
a 1 the fulness of the Godhead bodily. 10 And ye are com- 
plete in him, which is the head of all principahty and power 

Heb. 13:8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to-day, 
and lor ever. ^^ 

Rev. 1 :8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the 
ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is 
to come the Almighty. 17 And when I saw him, I fell at his 
feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying 
unto me. Fear not; I am the first and the last: 18 / am he 
that hveth, and was dead; and behold, I am alive for ever- 
more, Amen ; and have the keys of heU and of death. 
22 : 16 I am the root and the offspring of David. 
A J' fo''T 'f'^'-J'' P'^M^d hy Christ, in his own name. 
Mat. 8 : 3 And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, 

Z:iL:^l: '' ^'^^ ^^^^"- ^^^ --^-^^^ ^« ^epros; 

10 : 1 And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, 
he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out 

mI' a'H TT^' of sickness, and all manner of disease! 

Mk 4:39 And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said 
unto the sea. Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there 

tTrr^ w^' ^' ^"d^heyfeared exceedingly, and said one 
o another. What mamier of man is this, that even the wind and 
tne sea obey him ? 

..tl' ^\^M'r'''' ?'*"'"^<' l^™' '■'^y'^g- Hold thy peace, and 
come out of h>m. And when the devil had thrown him ii the 
midst, he came out of him, and hurt him not 36 And they 
were all amazed, and spake among themselves, saying What 
a word ,, this for with authority and power he commanded 
the unclean spirits, and they come out imanaetn 

Jn. 1 : 3 All things were made by him ; and without him 
was not anythmg made that was made. 10. He was n t^ 

Tm not """ "'^ '""•"' 'y ''""■ ^^ *^ --Id knew 

2: 19 Jesus answered and said unto them. Destroy this tem- 

J^'lr T '"'' ' ""' ™^^ '' "P- 20 Then said le 
wTth^f ^ . '"^ y'""' ^"^ '^'^ '^-"P'^ '" blading, and 



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His Works. 



Jn. 5 : 21 As the Father raiseth up the dead, and quicken- 
eth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will. 25 Verily, 
verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when 
the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God : and they that 

hear shall live. 

11 : 25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and 
the life. 43 And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a 
loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. 44 And he that was dead 
came forth, bound hand and foot with grave-clothes : and his 
face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, 
Loose him, and let him go. 45 Then many of the Jews which 
came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did, be- 
lieved on him. . 

Ac. 9 : 34 And Peter said unto him, Eneas, Jesus Christ 
maketh thee whole : arise, and make thy bed. And he arose 

immediately. 

1 Cor. 8 : 6 One Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, 

and we by him. 

Ph. 3 : 21 Who shall change our vile body, that it may be 
fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working 
whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself. 

4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strength- 

eneth me. 

Col. 1 : 16 For by him were all things created, that are in 
heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether 
they he thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers : all 
things were created by him, and for him. 17 And he is before 
all things, and by him all things consist. 

Heb. 1 : 3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the 
express image of his person, and upholding all things by the 
word of his power, when he had by himself purged our 
Bins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high. 

68. Others worked miracles not in their own name. 

Ac. 3 : 6 Then Peter said. Silver and gold have I none ; but 
such as I have give I thee : In the name of Jesus Christ of 
Nazareth, rise up and walk. 11 And as the lame man which 
was healed held Peter and John, all the people ran together 
unto them in the porch that is called Solomon's, greatly won- 
dering. 12 And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the 
people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look 
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His Honors. 



ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness 
we had made this man to walk? 

9 : 34 And Peter said unto him, Eneas. Jesus Christ maketh 
thee whole. 

16; IS But Paul being grieved, turned and said to the 
spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come 
out of her. 

69. Divine honors received by Christ and ascHbed to him. 
Ps. 2: 12 Blessed are all they that put their trust in him— 
[the Son.] 

Mat 2 : 1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea 
m the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men 
trom tlie east to Jerusalem, 2 Saying, Where is he that is 
born King of the Jews 7 for we have seen his star in the east 
and are come to worship him. ' 

8 : 2 And behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, 
saymg, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. 3 And 
Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will ; be 
thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. 

14: 32 And when they were come into the ship, the wind 
ceased 33 Then they that were in the ship came and wor- 
shipped him, saying. Of a truth thou art the Son of God 

28 : 9 And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus 
met them, saying, All hail. And they came, and held him by 
the feet, and worshipped him. 16 Then the eleven disciples 
went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had ap- 
pomted them. 17 And when they saw him, they worshipped 
him : but some doubted. 19 Go ye therefore and teach all 
nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of 
the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. 

Lk. 24 : 51 And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he 
was parted from them, and carried up into heaven. 52 And thev 
worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy 

Jn. D : 22 For the Father judgeth no man ; but hath com- 
mitted all judgment unto the Son : 23 That all men should 
honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He that 
honoreth not the Son, honoreth not the Father which hath 
sent him. 

8 : 54 Jesus answered, If I honor myself, my honor is 
nothing : it is my Father that honoreth me, of whom ye say 
that he is your God. J'^ '^/j 

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Divine Honors forbidden Men. 



Ac. 7 : 59 And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and 
saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. 

2 Cor. 13 : 14 The grace of" the Lord Jesus Christ, and the 
love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, he with 
you all. 

Ph. 2 : 9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and 
given him a name which is above every name : 10 That at the 
name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and 
things in earth, and things under the earth ; 11 And thai every 
tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory 
of God the Father. 

Heb. 1 : 6 And again, when he bringeth in the first-begot- 
ten into the world, he saith. And let all the angels of God wor- 
ship him. 

2 Pet. 1 : 17 For he received from God the Father honor 
and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the ex- 
cellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well 
pleased. 

3 : 18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord 
and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for 
ever. Amen. 

Rev. 5:11 And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many 
angels round about the throne, and the beasts, and the elders : 
and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, 
and thousands of thousands ; 12 Saying with a loud voice, 
Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and 
riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory, and 
blessing. 13 And every creature which is in heaven, and on 
the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and 
all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honor, 
and glory, and power, he unto him that sitteth upon the throne, 
and unto the Lamb, for ever and ever. 14 And the four 
beasts said. Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down 
and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever. 

70. Mere creatures not to he divinely honored or worshipped. 

Mat. 4: 10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, 
Satan : for it is written. Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, 
and him only shalt thou serve. 

Ac. 14 : 13 Then the priest of Jupiter, which was before 
their city, brought oxen and garlands unto the gates, and would 
have done sacrifice with the people. 14 \Mixch when the 
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apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard o/J they rent their clothes, 
and ran in among the people, crying out, 15 And saying, Sirs, 
why do ye these things ? We also are men of like passions with 
you, and preach unto you, that ye should turn from these van- 
ities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and 
the sea, and all things that are therein. 

Col. 2 : 18 Let no man beguile you of your reward in a 
voluntary humility and worshipping of angels. 

Rev. 22 : 8 And I John saw these things, and heard them. 
And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship be- 
fore the feet of the angel which shewed me these things. 
9 Then saith he unto me. See thou do it not: for I am thy fel- 
low-servant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them 
which keep the sayings of this book : worship God. [Rev. 19 : 10.] 

71. Chris fs offi,ces. 

Dt. 18 : 15 The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a 
Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me ; 
unto him ye shall hearken. 

Is. 9 ; 6 And his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, 
The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. 

59 : 16 And he saw that there was no man, and wondered 
that there was no intercessor : therefore his arm brought sal- 
vation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him. 
20 And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that 
turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the Lord. 

Mai. 4 : 2 But unto you that fear my name, shall the Son of 
righteousness arise with healing in his wings. 

Mat. 2 : 6 And thou Bethlehem^ in the land of Juda, art not 
the least among the princes of Juda : for out of thee shall 
come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel. 

21 : 5 Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh 
unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt, the foal 
of ah ass. 

Lk. 2 : 11 For unto you is born this day, in the city of David, 
a Savior. 

Jn. 10 : 11 I am the good shepherd : the good shepherd giveth 
his life for the sheep. 

Ac. 5 : 31 Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a 
Prince and a Savior, for to give repentance to Israel, and for- 
giveness of sins. 

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His Mystery. 



Ep. 1 : 22 And hath put all things under his feet, and gave 
him to be the head over all things to the church. 

1 Tim. 2 : 5 For there is one God, and one mediator be- 
tween God and men, the man Christ Jesus ; 6 Who gave him- 
self a ransom for aU, to be testified in due time. 

Heb. 2 : 10 For it became him, for whom are all things, and 
by whom are all things, in bringing many sons^unto glory, to 
make the Captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. 

3 : 1 Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly 
calHng, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, 
Christ Jesus ; 2 Who was faithful to him that appointed him, 
as also Moses was faithful in all his house. 

7 : 25 Wherefore he is able also to save them to the utter- 
most that come unto God by him, seeing he ever Uveth to 
make intercession for them. 

1 Pet. 2 : 25 For ye were as sheep going astray ; but are 
now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls. 

1 Jn. 2 : 1 And if any man sin, we have an advocate with 
the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. 

Rev. 17 : 14 These shall make war with the Lamb, and the 
Lamb shall overcome them : for he is Lord of lords, and King 
of kings. 

72. Mystery respecting Christ. 

Mat. 1 : 23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall 
bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, 
which being interpreted is, God with us. 

22 : 41 While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus 
asked them, 42 Saying, What think ye of Christ ? whose son 
is he ? They say unto him, The son of David. 43 He saith 
unto them. How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, say- 
ing, 44 The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right 
hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool ? 45 If David 
then call him Lord, how is he his son ? 46 And no man was 
able to answer him a word, neither durst any man^ from that 
day forth, ask him any more questions. 

Ep. 6 : 19 That I may open my mouth boldly, to make 
known tlie mystery of the gospel. 

1 Tim. 3 : 9 Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure con- 
science. 16 And without controversy, great is the mystery of 
godliness : God w^as manifest in the flesh. 

Rev. 19 : 12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on hia 

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Final Triumph and Glory of. 



head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no 
man knew, but he himself. 

22: 16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these 
thmgs m the churches. I am the root and the offsprino- of 
David, and the bright and morning-star. ^ 

73. ChrisVs final triumph and glojy. 

Mat. 24 : 30 And then shaU appear the sign of the Son of 
man m heaven : and then shall all the tribes of the earth 
mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds 
of heaven with power and great glory. 

25 : 31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and 
all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne 
of his glory: 32 And before him shall be gathered all nations • 
and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd 
divideth his sheep from the goats : 33 And he shaU set the 
sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. 
Jn. 1 : 14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt amon^ 

"M^""^ ""u ^ff^ ^'' ^^^'y' ^^^ S^°^ ^' °f the only begotten 
ot the Father,) full of grace and truth. 

1 Cor. 2:7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, 
even the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the world 
unto our glory ; 8 Which none of the princes of this world 
knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified 
the Lord of glory. 

Ep. 1 : 19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power 
to US-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty 
power 20 Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him 
from the dead, and set hiin at his own right hand in the heav- 
enly pZare. 21 Far above all principaHty, and power, and 
might, and dommion, and every name that is named, not only 
m this world, but also in that which is to come : 22 And hath 
put all things under his feet and gave him to be the head over 

Ph. 2 : 9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and 
given him a name which is above every name : 10 That at the 
name of Jesus every knee should bow, of ^^rVz^^in heaven, and 
things m earth, and things under the earth ; U And that every 

o^grd t Fttrf ^ ''^^ '"^^ ""''''' '' ^-^' '^ '^^ ^'^^y 

Heb, 1 : 1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners 

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Christ a King. 



spake m time past unto the fathers by the prophets, 2 Hath 
in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath 
appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds ; 
3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express im- 
ao-e of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his 
power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on 
the ricrht hand of the Majesty on high ; 4 Being made so much 
better" than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtamed a 
more excellent name than they. 

Rev. 17 : 14 These shall make war with the Lamb, and the 
Lamb shall overcome them : for he is Lord of lords, and King 
of kings ; and they that are with him are called, and chosen, 
and faithful. 

KINGDOM OF CHRIST. 

74. Christ a King. 

Ps. 2 : 6 Yet have 1 set my King upon my holy hill of Zion. 
24 • 7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates ; and be ye lift up, ye 
everlasting doors ; and the King of glory shaU come ni. 

45 • 6 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre 
of thy kingdom is a right sceptre. 7 Thou lovest righteous- 
ness and hatest wickedness : therefore God, thy God, hath 
anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. 

Mic 5-2 But thou, Beth-lehera Ephratah, though thou be 
little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he 
come forth unto me that is to be Ruler in Israel ; whose gonigs 
forth have been from of old, from everlastmg. 

Zee. 9 : 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion ; shout, O 
daucrhter of Jerusalem : behold, thy King cometh unto thee : 
he 2s just, and having salvation ; lowly, and riding upon an 
ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass. [Mat. 21 : 5.] 

Mat 27-11 And Jesus stood before the governor: and the 
governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews'? 
And Jesus said unto him. Thou sayest. 

Jn 1 • 49 Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Kabbi, 
thou art the Son of God ; thou art the King of Israel. 

Ac 5 • 31 Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be 
a Prince and a Savior, for to give repentance to Israel, and 

forgiveness of sins. 

Rev 1 • 5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful Wit-- 
ness, and the First-begotten of the dead, and the Prince of the 
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kings of the earth. [Is. 9 : 6. Jer. 23 : 5, 6, and 30 : 9. Hos. 
3:5. Lk. 1:32.] 

75. Nature of ChrisVs kingdom. 

Jn. 18 : 36 Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this 
world : if my kingdom were of this world, then would my ser- 
vants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews : but 
now is my kingdom not from hence. 

Rom. 14: 17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink, 
but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. 

1 Cor. 15 : 50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood 
cannot inherit the kingdom of God ; neither doth corruption 
inherit incorruption. 

76. General opposition to ChrisVs kingdom — a temporary tri- 
umph of his foes. 

Is, 24 : 5 The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants 
thereof 5 because they have transgressed the laws, changed 
the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant. 20 The earth 
shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like 
a cottage ; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon 
it ; and it shall fall, and not rise again. 

59 : 13 In transgressing and lying against the Lord, and 
departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, 
conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood. 
14 And judgment is turned away backward, and justice stand- 
cth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot 
enter. 15 Yea, truth faileth ; and he that departeth from 
evil maketh himself a prey : and the Lord saw it, and it dis- 
pleased him that there was no judgment. 

Dan. 12 : 7 And I heard the man clothed in linen, which 
was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right 
hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that 
liveth for ever, that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; 
and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of 
the holy people, all these things shall be finished. 

Joel 3 : 13 Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe : come, 
get you down ; for the press is full, the fats overflow ; for their 
wickedness is great. 

Mic. 7 : 2 The good man is perished out of the earth : and 
tliere is none upright among men : they all lie in wait for blood j 
they hunt every man his brother with a net. 

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Mat. 24 : 24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false 
prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders ; insomuch 
that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. 

2 Th. 2 : 3 Let no man deceive you by any means : for that 
day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and 
that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition ; 4 Who op- 
poseth and exalteth himself above all that is called God or 
that is worshipped ; so that he, as God, sitteth in the temple 
of God, shewing himself that he is God. 7 For the mystery 
of iniquity doth already work : only he who now letteth will let, 
until he be taken out of the way. 

2 Tim. 3 : 1 This know also, that in the last days perilous 
times shall come. 2 For men shall be lovers of their own 
selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to 
parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 Without natural affection, 
truce-br«akers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of 
those that are good, 4 Traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers 
of pleasures more than lovers of God ; 5 Having a form of 
godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. 

2 Pet. 2 : 1 But there were false prophets also among the 
people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who 
privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the 
Lord that bought them, and brmg upon themselves swift de- 
struction. 2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways ; by 
reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of 

3 : 3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days 
scoffers, walking after their own lusts, 4 And saying. Where 
is the promise of his commg ? for since the fathers fell asleep, 
all things continue as theij were from the beginning of the 
creation. 

Jude 17 But, beloved, remember ye the words which were 
spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ ; 

18 How that they told you there should be mockers in the 
last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts. 

19 These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having 
not the Spirit. 

Rev. 3 : 10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience 
I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall 
come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the 
earth. 

11:7 And when they shall have finished their testimony, 
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the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make 
war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them. 
10 And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them ; 
and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another ; because 
these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth. 

12 : 12 Wo to the inhabiters of the earth, and of the sea ! for 
the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because 
he knoweth that he hath but a short time. 

13 : 3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to 
death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world 
wondered after the beast. 4 And they worshipped the dragon 
which gave power unto the beast : and they worshipped the 
beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast ? who is able to make 
war with him ? 

16 : 13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out 
of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, 
and out of the mouth of the false prophet. 14 For they are 
the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the 
kings of the earth, and of the whole world, to gather them to 
the battle of that great day of God Almighty. 

[See 59, 408, and 439.] 

77. Comequences of opposing ChHsVs kingdom. 

1 S. 2 : 10 The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken to 
pieces ; out of heaven shall he tiiunder upon them : the Lord 
shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give streno-th 
unto his king, and exalt the horn of his Anointed. 

Ps. 2 : 8 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for 
thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth /or thy 
possession. 9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron ; thou 
shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. 

37:9 For evil doers shall be cut off: but those that wait 
upon the Lord, they shall inherit the earth. [10 — 13.] 

Is. 24 : 1 Behold, the Lord maketh the earth empty, and 
maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth 
abroad the inhabitants thereof 3 The land shall be utterly 
emptied, and utterly spoiled : for the Lord hath spoken this 
word. 4 The earth mourneth mid fadeth away, the world 
languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth 
do languish. 5 The earth also is defiled under the inhabi- 
tants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, 
changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant. 

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6 Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that 
dwell therein are desolate : therefore the inhabitants of the 
earth are burned, and few men left. 17 Fear, and the pit, 
and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth. 18 And 
it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the 
fear shall fall into the pit ; and he that cometh up out of the 
midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare : for the windows 
from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do 
shake. 19 The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean 
dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly. 20 The earth shall 
reel to and fro hke a drunkard, and shall be removed hke a cot- 
tage ; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; 
and it shall fall, and not rise again. 23 Then the moon shall 
be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the Lord of hosts 
shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his 
ancients gloriously. 

Is. 26:20 Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and 
shut thy doors about thee : hide thyself as it were for a Httle 
moment, until the indignation be overpast. 21 For behold, 
the Lord cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of 
the earth for their iniquity : the earth also shall disclose her 
blood, and shall no more cover her slain. 

28 : 21 For the Lord shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall 
be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work 
his strange work ; and bring to pass his act, his strange act. 
22 Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made 
strong : for I have heard from the Lord God of hosts a con- 
sumption, even determined upon the whole earth. 

34: 1 Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye peo- 
ple : let the earth hear, and all that is therein ; the world, and 
all things that come forth of it. 2 For the indignation of the 
Lord is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies : 
he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the 
slaughter. 3 Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink 
shall come up out of their carcasses, and the mountains shall 
be melted with their blood. 4 And all the host of heaven shall 
be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a 
scroll : and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off" 
from the vine, and as a falling fg from the fig-tree. 8 For it 
is the day of the Lord's vengeance, and the year of recom- 

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pences for the controversy of Zion. [See verses 5 — 7, 9, 10, 
and the following chap.] 

63 : 1 Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed gar- 
ments from Bozrah ? this that is glorious in his apparel, trav- 
elling in the greatness of his strength ? I that speak in right- 
eousness, mighty to save. 2 Wherefore art thou red in thine 
apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the wine- 
fat ? 3 1 have trodden the wine-press alone ; and of the people 
there was none with me : for I will tread them in mine anger, 
and trample them in my fury, and their blood shall be sprinkled 
upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment. 4 For 
the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my re- 
deemed is come. 

66 : 15 For behold, the Lord will come with fire, and with 
his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, 
and his rebuke with flames of fire. ] 6 For by fire and by his 
sword will the Lord plead with all flesh : and the slain of the 
Lord shall be many. 

Ezk. 38 [An account of the general gathering of the na- 
tions under Gog, upon the mountains of Israel, which concludes 
thus.] 21 And I will call for a sword against him throughout 
all my mountains, saith the Lord God : every man's sword 
shall be against his brother. 22 And I will plead against him 
witli pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, 
and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with 
him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brim- 
stone. 

39 : 1 Therefore, thou son of man. prophesy against Gog, 
and say. Thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, I am against thee, 
O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal : 2 And I will 
turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and wiU 
cause thee to come up from the north parts, and will bring 
thee upon the mountains of Israel: 3 And I will smite thy 
bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall 
out of thy right hand. 4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains 
of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the people that is with 
thee : I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, 
and to the beasts of the field, to be devoured. 5 Thou shalt 
fall upon the open field : for I have spoken lY, saith the Lord 
GoD. 6 And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them 
that dwell carelessly in the fcles : and they shall know that I 

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Consequences of opposing it. 



am the Lord. 7 So will I make my holy name known in the 
midst of my people Israel ; and I will not let them pollute my 
holy name any more : and the heathen shall know that I am 
the Lord, the Holy One in Israel. 8 Behold, it is come, and 
it is done, saith the Lord God ; this is the day whereof I have 
spoken. 9 And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go 
forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shieds, 
and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the hand-staves, 
and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years: 
10 So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither 
cut down any out of the forests ; for they shall burn the weap- 
ons with fire : and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and 
rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord God. 32 And 
seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that 
they may cleanse the land. 17 And, thou son of man, thus 
saith the Lord God ; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to 
every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come ; 
gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sac- 
rifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Is- 
rael, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood. 

Dan. 12 : 1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the 
great prince which standeth for the children of thy people : 
and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since 
tliere was a nation even to that same time : and at that time 
thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found 
written in the book. 

Joel 3 : 9 Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles ; Prepare war, 
wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near ; 
let them come up : 13 Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is 
ripe : come, get you down ; for the press is full, the fats over- 
flow; for their wickedness ?s great. 14 Multitudes, multitudes 
in the valley of decision : for the day of the Lord is near in 
the valley of decision. 15 The sun and the moon shall be 
darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining. 16 The 
Lord also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Je- 
rusalem ; and the heavens and the earth shall shake : but the 
IjORd will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the 
children of Israel. 17 So shall ye know that I am the Lord 
your God dwelling in Zion my holy mountain : then shall Je- 
rusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her 
any more. 
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Consequences of opposing it. 



Zep. 3 : 8 Therefore, wait ye upon me, saith the Lord, until 
the day that I rise up to the prey : for my determination is to 
gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour 
upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger : for all 
the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy. 
9 For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they 
may all call upon the name of the Lord, to serve him with one 
consent. 12 I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and 
poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the Lord. 
13 The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies ; 
neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth : for 
they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid. 
Rev. 2 : 26 And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works 
unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations : 
^7 (And he shall rule them with a rod of iron ; as the vessels 
of a potter shall they be broken to shivers :) even as I received 
01 my Father. 

16: 17 And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the 
air ; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven 
from the throne, saying, It is done. 18 And there were voices! 
and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earth- 
quake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so 
mighty an earthquake, and so great. 19 And the great city 
w^ divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell • 
and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give 
unto her the cup of the wine ol' the fierceness of his wrath. 
20 And every island fled away, and the mountains were not 
tound. 21 And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven 
4 even/ stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed 
God because of the plague of the hail ; for the plague thereof 
was exceeding great. 

Rev 19 [Contains a description of a general destruction 
of the kings of the earth and their armies, by one who sat on 
a white horse, which concludes thus.] 21 And the remnant 
were slam with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which 
^(^d proceeded out of his mouth : and all the fowls were filled 
with their flesh. 

iJV^ ^"u ^l^^ ^"^ ^""^^^ ^""""^ ^°^" ^^0"^ ^leaven, having 

2 An7h 1 .'^m"^^''IP^' "^^ ^ ^''^' '^^^ i" his hand 
2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is 



78 Christ's kingdom. 



Extent of the Overthrow. 



the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years. Is. 
11 : 1—6, and 29 : 7, 8. [See 276, 349, 595.] 

78. Extent of the overthrow. 

Pr. 2 : 21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the 
perfect shall remain in it. 22 But the wicked shall be cut off 
from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it. 

Is. 2 : 12 For the day of the Lord of hosts shall he upon 
every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is 
lifted up ; and he shall be brought low. 

13 : 9 Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, cruel both with 
wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate : and he shall 
destroy the sinners thereof out of it. 

34 : 2 For the indignation of the Lord is upon all nations, 
and his fury upon all their armies : he hath utterly destroyed 
Ibem, he hath delivered them to the slaughter. 

Jer. 25 : 31 A noise shall come even to the ends of the 
earth ; for the Lord hath a controversy with the nations, he 
will plead with all flesh ; he will give them that are wicked to 
the sword, saith the Lord. 32 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, 
Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great 
whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth. 
33 And the slain of the Lord shall be at that day from one end 
of the earth even unto the other end of the earth : they shall 
not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried ; they shall be 
dung upon the ground. 

Zep. 1 : 2 I will utterly consume all things from off the land, 
saith the Lord. 3 I will consume man and beast ; I will con- 
sume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and 
the stumbling-blocks with the wicked ; and I will cut off man 
from off the land, saith the Lord. [17, 18.] 

Mai. 4 : 1 For behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an 
oven ; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall 
be stubble : and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith 
the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor 
branch. 2 But unto you that fear my name, shall the Sun of 
righteousness arise with healing in his wings ; and ye shall 
go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall. 3 And ye shall 
tread down the wicked ; for they shall be ashes under the 
soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the Lord 
of hosts. 

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Its Triumph occasions Joy — General Warning. 



79. Joy in view of CfirisVs triumph. 

Is. 24 : 13 When thus it shall be in the midst of the land 
among the people, there shall be as the shaking of an olive- 
tree, a7id as the gleaning-grapes when the vintage is done. 

14 They shall Hft up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty 
of the Lord, they shall cry aloud from the sea. 15 Wherefore 
glorify ye the Lord in the fires, even the name of the Lord 
God of Israel in the isles of the sea. 16 From the uttermost 
part of the earth have we heard songs, even glory to the 
righteous. 

Zep. 3: 14 Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be 
glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem. 

15 The Lord hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast 
out thine enemy : the King of Israel, even the Lord, is in the 
midst of thee : thou shalt not see evil any more. 

Rev. 18 : 20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apos- 
tles and prophets ; for God hath avenged you on her. 

19:1 And after these things I heard a great voice of much 
people in heaven, saying, AUeluia : Salvation, and glory, and 
honor, and power, unto the Lord our God : 2 For true and 
righteous are his judgments : for he hath judged the great 
whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath 
avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. 3 And again 
they said. Alleluia. 6 And I heard as it were the voice of a 
great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the 
voice of mighty thunderings, saying, AUeluia : for the Lord 
God omnipotent reigneth. 7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and 
give honor to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come 
and his wife hath made herself ready. [See 226, 478.] ' 

80. General warning before the overthrow. 
Mat. 24: 14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be 
preached m all the world, for a witness unto all nations ; and 
then shall the end come. 

Rev. 11:3 And I will give power unto my two witnesses, 
and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and three- 
score days, clothed in sackcloth. 

14 : 6 And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven 
havmgthe everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dweU on 
the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and 
people, 7 Saying with a loud voice. Fear God, and give glory 

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81 Christ's kingdobi. 



Final Prevalence of. 



to him ; for the hour of his judgment is come : and worship 
him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fount- 
ains of waters. 
81. Progress and final tTiumph of Christ's kingdom upon earth. 

Ps. 2:71 will declare the decree : the Lord hath said unto 
me. Thou art my Son ; this day have I begotten thee. 8 Ask 
of me, and I shall give thee the heathen /or thine inheritance, 
and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. 

72 : 8 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from 
the river unto the ends of the earth. 9 They that dwell in 
the wilderness shall bow before him ; and his enemies shall 
hck the dust. 10 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall 
bring presents : the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. 
11 Yea, all kings shall fall down before him : all nations shall 

serve him. 

Is. 9 : 7 Of the increase of his government and peace there 
shall he no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his king- 
dom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with 
justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord 
of hosts will perform this. 

44 : 3 For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and 
floods upon the dry ground : I will pour my Spirit upon thy 
seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring : 4 And they shall 
spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water-courses. 
45 : 22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the 
earth : for 1 am God, and there is none else. 23 I have sworn 
by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, 
and shall not return. That unto me every knee shall bow, 
every tongue shall swear. 

Dan. 2 : 35 And the stone that smote the image became a 
great mountain, and filled the whole earth. 44 And in the 
days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, 
which shall never be destroyed : and the kingdom shall not be 
left to other people, hut it shall break m pieces and consume 
all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. 45 Forasmuch 
as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain 
without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, 
the clay, the silver, and the gold ; the great God hath made 
known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter : and the 
dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure. 
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7: 13 I saw in the night visions, and behold, one like the Son 
of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the An- 
cient of days, and they brought him near before him. 14 And 
there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that 
all people, nations, and languages, should serve him. 

Zee. 14: 9 And the Lord shall be King over all the earth : 
in that day shall there be one Lord, and his name one. 

Mat. 13 : 31 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, 
The kingdom of heaven is hke to a grain of mustard-seed, 
which a man took, and sowed in his field : 32 Which indeed 
is the least of all seeds : but when it is grown, it is the great- 
est among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the 
air come and lodge in the branches thereof 33 Another par- 
able spake he unto them ; The kingdom of heaven is like unto 
leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of 
meal, till the whole was leavened. 

Ac. 3 : 22 For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A Prophet 
shall the Lord your God raise up unto you, of your brethren, 
like unto me ; him shall ye hear in all things, whatsoever he 
shall say unto you. 23 And it shall come to pass, that every 
soul which will not hear that Prophet, shall be destroyed from 
among the people. 

Rev. 11:15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there 
were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this 
world are become the kingdoTns of our Lord, and of his Christ, 
and he shall reign for ever and ever. 

20 : 1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having 
the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand : 
2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is 
the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, 3 And 
cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a 
seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till 
the thousand years should be fulfilled; and after that he must 
be loosed a httle season. 4 And I saw thrones, and they sat 
upon them, and judgment was given unto them : and / saw 
the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, 
and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the 
beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon 
their foreheads, or in their hands ; and they lived and reigned 
with Christ a thousand years. 

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Design of— Foundation of. 



82. Duration of Chrisfs kingdom. 

Ps. 45:6 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the 
Bceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre. 

89 : 20 I have found David my servant ; with my holy oil 
have I anointed him : 21 With whom my hand shall be es- 
tablished : mine arm also shall strengthen him. 23 And I will 
beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate 
him. 24 But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him : 
and in my name shall his horn be exalted. 25 I will set his 
hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers. 27 Also 
1 will make him my first-born, higher than the kings of the 
earth. 28 My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and 
my covenant shall stand fast with him. 29 His seed also will 
I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heav- 
en. 37 It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as 
a faithful witness in heaven. 

Dan. 7 : 14 His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which 
shall not pass away, and his kingdom, that which shall not be 

destroyed. 

Lk. 1 : 33 And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for 
ever j and of his kingdom there shall be no end. 

CHURCH. 

83. Design of the church of God. 

Mat. 5 : 13 Ye are the salt of the earth : but if the salt have 
lost his savor, wherewith shall it be salted ? it is thenceforth 
good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under 
foot of men. 14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that 
is set on a hill cannot be hid. 15 Neither do men light a can- 
dle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick : and it 
giveth light unto all that are in the house. 16 Let your light 
so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and 
glorify your Father which is in heaven. 

1 Tim. 3 : 15 The church of the living God, the pillar and 
ground of the truth. 

84. Foundation of the church. 

Mat. 16 : 16 And Simon Peter answered and said. Thou art 
the Christ, the Son of the living God. 18 Thou art Peter, and 
upon this rock I will tuild my church : and the gates of hell 
shall not prevail against it. 
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CHURCH. 85 



An Object of Love. 



21 : 42 Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which 
the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the cor- 
ner. [Ps. 118 : 22. Is. 28 : 16.] 

1 Cor. 3 : 9 Ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building. 
11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid 
which is Jesus Christ. ' 

Ep. 2 : 20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles 
and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner-s^one; 
21 In whom all the building fitly framed together, groweth 
unto an holy temple in the Lord : 22 In whom ye also are 
bmlded together, for an habitation of God through the Spirit. 

1 Pet. 2 : 7 The stone which the builders disallowed, the 
same is made the head of the corner. 

85. The church an object of love and of prayer. 

Ps. 51 : 18 Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion : build 
thou the walls of Jerusalem. 19 Then shalt thou be pleased 
with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt-oflfering and 
whole burnt-offering : then shall they offer bullocks upon thine 
altar. 

87 : 2 The Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than all the 
dwellmgs of Jacob. 3 Glorious things are spoken of thee, O 
city of God. 7 As well the singers as the players on instru- 
ments shall be there : all my springs are in thee. 

122 : 6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem : they shall prosper 
that love thee. 7 Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity 
withm thy palaces. 8 For my brethren and companions' 
eakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee. 9 Because of the 
house of the Lord our God I will seek thy good. 

137 : 5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand for- 
get her cunning. 6 If I do not remember thee, let my tongue 
cleave to the roof of my mouth ; if I prefer not Jerusalem above 
my chief joy. 

Song 7 : 10 I am my beloved's, and his desire is toward me 
Is 49:13 Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and 

breakforth into singing, Omountains: fortheLoRD hath comfort- 
ed his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted. 14 But 
Zion said, The Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath 
forgotten me. 15 Can a woman forget her sucking child, that 
she should not have compassion on the son of her womb -? yea 
they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. 16 Behold. I have 

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86 CHL'RCH. 



Safe. 



graven thee upon the palms of my hands ; thy walls are con- 
tinually before me. 

Is. 62 : 6 1 have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, 
which shall never hold their peace day nor night : ye that make 
mention of the Lord, keep not silence. 7 And give him no 
rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the 
earth. 

Ep. 5 : 25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also 
loved the church, and gave himself for it ; 26 That he might 
sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, 
27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not 
having spot or wrinkle, or any such thing ; but that it should 
be holy and without blemish. 29 No man ever yet hated his 
own flesh ; but nourisheth and cherish eth it, even as the Lord 
the church. 

1 Jn. 3 : 16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he 
laid down his life for us : and we ought to lay down our hves 
for the brethren. 

Rev. 1 : 5 Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our 
sins in his own blood, 6 And hath made us kings and priests 
unto God and his Father ; to him he glory and dominion for 
ever and ever. [See 491.1 

86. The church safe. 

Ps. 46 : 1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help 
in trouble. 2 Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be re- 
moved, and though the mountainsbe carried into the midst of the 
sea ; 3 Though the v/aters thereof roar and be troubled, though the 
mountains shake with the swelling thereof. 4 There is a river, 
the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy 
place of the tabernacles of the Most High. 5 God is in the 
midst of her ; she shall not be moved : God shall help her, and 
that right early. 6 The heathen raged, the kingdoms were 
moved : he uttered his voice, the earth melted. 7 The Lord 
of hosts is with us ; the God of Jacob is our refuge. 

125 : 1 They that trust in the Lord shall he as mount Zion, 
which cannot be removed, hut abideth for ever. 2 As the mount- 
ains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about 
his people from henceforth even for ever. 

Pr. 18: 10 The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the 
righteous runneth into it, and is safe. 
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^^^^g - 87, 88 

Its Head— ApostoUc Authority. 



wiJh ft ^^'^,J^^" P^^^^^t through the waters, I will be 
with thee J and through the rivers, they shaU not overflow 
thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shlunot b^ 
burned ; neither shaU the flame kindle upo^ thee. 3 For I a,^ 
the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Savior I 
gave Egypt /or thy ransom, Ethiopia and' Seba for thee 

orablTVnn T T^T." "^ ^^^^^' ^^^ ^-^ been ho" 
orable, and I have loved thee : therefore wiU I give men for 

hee and people for thy life. 5 Fear not; for I amwith the " 

Teen not wri' '^' ^^''^' ^^"^^P= ^^^ ^o the south, 
Keep not back : brmg my sons from far, and my daughters 
from the ends of the earth • 7 r'^..^ ^ ,^ u^ugaters 

bv mv nam. . f T u ' ^^ ^''^''y ""^^ ^^^t i« <^alled 

by my name : for I have created him for my glory I have 
formed him ; yea, I have made him. ^' 

54: 14. In righteousness shalt thou be established : thou shalt 

ror, for it shall not come near thee. 17 No weapon that is 
ft>™ed against thee shall prosper; and every tongu^l .Jsha^^ 

he h?t" '^'t "^ J"'°"^"^ ^^«^ ^^-^^ -^d-Sn- This i^ 
the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteous- 
ness w of me, saith the Lord. ^^meous 

87. Christ the h^ad of the church. 

Mat 23:8 But be not ye called Rabbi : for one is your Mas- 
vour^h "'' '^' '' ^' ''' '^^*^^^- ' ^-d -"no ZZ 

v,-^^' V ^? ^""^ ^^^^ P""* ^" ^^^'^^^ ^nder his feet, and gave 
himjo 6e the head over all things to the church, 23 Which is 
his body, the fulness of him that filleth aU in all. 

88. JVhat authority did the apostles receive ? 

Mat 16 : 19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom 
of heaven and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth, shall be 

i^T K ''. ''^'' ' and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth 
shall be loosed in heaven. ' 

..Ifu ^l \^f^l ^ '? """^^ ^^^''' Whatsoever ye shall bind on 
earth, shall be bound m heaven : and whatsoever ye shall loose 
on earth, shall be loosed in heaven. 



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97 



89 ^91 CHURCH, 



Its Officers— Its Elders— An early Convention. 



Jn. 20 : 23 Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted 
unto them ; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained. 

Ac. 15 : 28 For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, 
to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things ; 
29 That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, 
and from thmgs strangled, and from fornication : from which 
if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well. 

1 Cor. 3 : 10 According to the grace of God which is given 
unto me, as a wise master-builder, I have laid the foundation, 
and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed 
how he buildeth thereupon. 11 For other foundation can no 
man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. 

89. IVhat officers were appointed in the primitive churches ? 

Ac. 15 : 23 And they wrote letters by them after this manner ; 
The apostles, and elders, and brethren, send greeting unto the 
brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch, and Syria, and 
CiHcia. 

Ph. 1 : 1 Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, 
to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the 
bishops and deacons. 

90. Had any apostolical churches a plurality of elders? 

Ac. 14 : 23 And when they had ordained them elders in every 
church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them 
to the Lord. 

20 : 17 And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the 
elders of the church. 

Tit. 1 : 5 For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest 
Bet in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in 
every city, as 1 had appointed thee. 

Jam. 5 : 14 Is any sick among you ? let him call for the elders 
of the church. 

91. An early ecclesiastical convention. 

Ac. 15 : 1 And certain men which came down from Judea, 
taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after 
the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved. 2 When therefore 
Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation 
with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and cer- 
tain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apos- 
tles and elders about this question. 4 And when they were 
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CHURCH. 92 



Its Ordinances. 



come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church, and of 
the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God 
had done with them. 5 But there rose up certain of the sect 
of the Pharisees, which believed, saying, That it was needful 
to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of 
Moses. 6 And the apostles and elders came together for to 
consider of this matter. 22 Then pleased it the apostles and 
elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own 
company to Antioch, with Paul and Barnabas ; namely, Judas 
surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren: 

23 And they wrote letters by them after this manner ; The 
apostles, and elders, and brethren, sewcZ greeting unto the brethren 
which are of the Gentiles in Antioch, and Syria, and Cihcia. 

24 Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out 
from us, have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, 
saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law ; to whom we 
gave no such commandment : 25 It seemed good unto us, be- 
ing assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you 
with our beloved Barnabas and Paul : 26 Men that have haz- 
arded their hves for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 
27 We have sent therefore Judas and Silas who shall also tell 
you the same things by mouth. 28 For it seemed good to the 
Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than 
these necessary things ; 29 That ye abstain from meats of- 
fered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and 
from fornication : from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do 
well. Fare ye well. 

92. Church ordinances. 

Mat. 26 : 26 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and 
blessed it, and brake it and gave it to the disciples, and said, 
Take, eat ; this is my body. 27 And he took the cup, and 
gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying. Drink ye all of it : 
28 For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed 
for many for the remission of sins. 29 But I say unto you, I 
will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that 
day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom. 
30 And when they had sung a hymn, they went out into the 
mount of Olives. Mk. 14 : 22—25. Lk. 22 : 14—20. 

28 : 19 Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them 
in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy 
Ghost. ^ 

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Ac. 11 : 26 And when he had found him, he brought him 
unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they 
assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. 

1 Cor. 11 : 23 For I have received ol' the Lord, that which 
also I delivered unto you. That the Lord Jesus, the same night 
in which he was betrayed, took bread : 24 And when he had 
given thanks, he brake it, and said. Take, eat : this is my body, 
which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. 

25 After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had 
supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood : 
this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. 

26 For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do 
shew the Lord's death till he come. 

93. Preparation required of partakers at the hordes Supper. 
1 Cor. 5 : 7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may 

be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our 
passover is sacrificed for us : 8 Therefore let us keep the feast, 
not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of maUce and 
wickedness ; but with the mileavened bread of sincerity and 
truth. 

1 Cor. 11 : 27 Wherefore, whosoever shall eat this bread, and 
drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the 
body and blood of the Lord. 28 But let a man examine him- 
self, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. 

29 For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and 
drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body. 

30 For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and 
many sleep. 

94. Church ordinances a privilege. 

Ps. 36 : 8 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness 
of thy house ; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of 
thy pleasures. 

63: 1 O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee : my 
soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and 
thirsty land, where no water is ; 2 To see thy power and thy 
glory, so 05 I have seen thee in the sanctuary. 

65 : 4 Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to 
approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts : we shall 
be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy 
temple. 

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Profession of Religion. 



84: 1 How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts ! 

2 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the 
Lord : my heart and my flesh crieth out for the hving God 

3 Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a 
nest torherself, where she may lay her young, e^ven thine altars, 
U Lord of hosts, my King, and my God. 4 Blessed are they 
that dwell in thy house : they will be still praising thee. 
10 f^ or a day m thy courts is better than a thousand. I had 
rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to dwell 
m the tents of wickedness. 

87: 5 And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was 
born m her : and the Highest himself shall estabhsh her. 
b llie Lord shall count, when he writeth up the people, that 
this man was born there. 

92 : 13 Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall 
flourish m the courts of our God. 14 They shall still bring 
forth fruit m old age ; they shall be fat and flourishing. 

95. Profession of religion and observance of Christian ordi- 
nances required. 

Dt. 2Q: 17 Thou hast avouched the Lord this day to be thy 
Orod, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and hig 
commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his 
voice : 18 And the Lord hath avouched thee this day to be 
his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thm 
snouldest keep all his commandments. 

]^\^ •' t?""^ '^^^^ '^^' ^ ^"^ *^^ L^«°'« 5 and another shall 
c^\\ himself hj the name of Jacob ; and another shall subscribe 

Tf Israel """^ """^^ ^^^ ^''^''' ^"""^ surname himself hy the name 

Mat. 5 : 14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set 
on an hiU cannot be hid. 15 Neither do men light a candle 
and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick : and it giveth 
light unto all that are in the house. 

10:32 Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, 
him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven! 
33 But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also 
deny before my Father which is in heaven. Lk. 12 8 9 

26 : 27 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave U 
to them, saying, Drink ye all of it. 

Mk. 8 : 38 Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me, and 

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of my words, in this adulterous and sinful generation ; of him 
also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the 
glory of his Father with the holy angels. 

Mk. 16 : 16 He that believeth and is baptized, shall be saved. 

Lk. 22 : 19 And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake 
it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given 
for you : this do in remembrance of me. 

Rom. 10 : 9 If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord 
Jesus and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised 
him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10 For with the heart, 
man believeth unto righteousness ; and with the mouth, confes- 
sion is made unto salvation. , j . , 

1 Cor. 11 : 26 For as often as ye eat this bread, and dnnk 
this cup, ye do show the Lord's death till he come. 

2 Tim. 2 : 12 If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if 
we deny him, he also will deny us. 

1 Jn. 4 : 15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son 
of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God. 

96. Church order and discipline. 

Mat. 18: 15 Moreover, if thy brother shall trespass against 
thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone : if 
he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. 16 But if he 
will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that m 
the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be es- 
tabUshed. 17 And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto 
the church : but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be 
unto thee as a heathen man and a publican. 

1 Cor. 5 : 4 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye 
are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our 
Lord Jesus Christ, 5 To deliver such an one unto Satan for 
the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit maybe saved m the 
day of the Lord Jesus. 9 I wrote unto you in an epistle, not 
to company with fornicators : 10 Yet not altogether with the 
fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, 
or with idolaters : for then must ye needs go out of the world. 
11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if 
any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, 
or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner: 
with such an one no not to eat. 12 For what have I to do to 
judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that 
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Rules for Edification. 



are within? 13 But tliem that are without God judgeth 
Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person 
Gal. 6:1 Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault ye 
which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meek- 
ness ; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. 

2 Th. 3 : 6 Now we command you, brethren, in the name of 
our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every 
brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition 
which he received of us. 14 And if any man obey not our 
word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with 
him, that he may be ashamed. 15 Yet count him not as an 
enemy, but admonish him as a brother. 

Tit 3 : 10 A man that is an heretic, after the first and second 
admonition, reject; 11 Knowing that he that is such, is sub- 
verted, and sinneth, being condemned of himself. 

Rev. 2:2 1 know thy works, and thy labor, and thy pa- 
tience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil; and 
thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not- 
and hast found them bars : 3 And hast borne, and hast pa' 
tience, and for my name's sake hast labored, and hast not fainted. 

97. Directions for the edification of churches. 

Rom. 12 : 4 For as we have many members in one body, and 
all members have not the same office : 5 So we, being many 
are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another 
6 Havmg then gifts, differing according to the grace that is 
given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the 
proportion of faith ; 7 Or ministry, let us wait on our minister- 
ing: or he that teacheth, on teaching : 8 Or he that exhorteth 
on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity' 
he that ruleth, with diligence ; he that sheweth mercy, with 
cheerfulness. 9 Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor 
that which is evH ; cleave to that which is good. 10 Be kindly 
a-ffectioned one to another with brotherly love ; in honor pre- 
ferring one another. 

14 : 19 Let us therefore follow after the things which make 
for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another. 

15: 1 We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities 
ot ihe weak, and not to please ourselves. 2 Let every one of 
us please his neighbor for his good to edification. 3 For even 
Christ pleased not himself. 

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Unity of— Brotherly Love, Fellowship. 



Ep. 4 : 15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into 
him in all things, which is the head, even Christ : 16 From 
whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by 
that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual 
working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the 
body unto the edifying of itself in love. 29 Let no corrupt 
communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is 
good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the 
hearers. 

Col. 3 : 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all 
wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms, 
and hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your 
hearts to the Lord. [Heb. 10 : 24, 25.] 

1 Th. 5 : 11 Wherefore, comfort yourselves together, and 
edify one another, even as also ye do. 

Heb. 3 : 13 Exhort one another daily, while it is called To- 
day ; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfubiess 
of sin. 

10 : 24 And let us consider one another, to provoke unto 
love, and to good works : 25 Not forsaking the assembling of 
ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting 
one another; and so much the more, as ye see the day ap- 
proaching. [See 355.] 

98. The church of Christ one body. 

1 Cor. 12 : 13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into 
one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond 
or free ; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. 

Ep. 4:4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are 
called in one hope of your calling ; 5 One Lord, one faith, one 
baptism, 6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and 
through all, and in you all. 

99. Brotherly love, fellowship, and unity in churches, essential 
and delightful duties. 

Ps. 133 : 1 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for 
brethren to dwell together in unity \ 2 It is like the precious 
ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even 
Aaron's beard : that went down to the skirts of his garments. 

Is. 52 : 8 Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice ; with the 
voice together shall they sing : for they shall see eye to eye, 
when the Lord shall bring again Zion. 
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Brotherly Love, Fellowship, and Unity. 



Jn. 13: 34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye 
love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one 
another. 35 By this shall all men know that ye are my dis- 
ciples, if ye have love one to another. 

15 : 12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, 
as I have loved you. 

17:20 Neither pray 1 for these alone; but for them also 
which shall believe on me through their word : 21 That they 
all may be one ; as thou. Father, art in me, and I in thee, that 
they also may be one in us : that the world may beheve that 
thou hast sent me. 22 And the glory which thou gavest me, 
I have given them ; that they may be one, even as we are 
one. 

Ac. 4 : 32 And the multitude of them that believed were of 
one heart, and of one soul. 

Rom. 12 : 10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with broth- 
erly love ; in honor preferring one another. 

15 : 5 Now the God of patience and consolation grant you 
to be like-minded one toward another according to Christ 
Jesus : 6 That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify 
God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

2 Cor. 13 : 11 Be perfect, be o good comfort, be of one 
mind, live in peace. 

Gal. 6 : 10 As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good 
unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of 
faith. 

Ep. 4 : 1 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you 
that ye walk worthy of tne vocation wherewith ye are called, 
2 With all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, for- 
bearing one another in love ; 3 Endeavoring to keep the unity 
of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 

5 : 2 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and 
hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God 
for a sweet-smelling savor. 

Ph. 1 : 4 Always in every prayer of mine for you all making 
request with joy, 5 For your fellowship in the gospel. 27 Only 
let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ : 
that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may 
hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one 
mind striving together for the faith of the gospel. 

2 : 1 If there he therefore any consolation in Christ, if any 

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comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels 
and mercies, 2 Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be like-minded, hav- 
ing the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. 

Ph. 3 : 16 Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let 
us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing. 

1 Th. 4 : 9 But as touching brotherly love ye need not that 
I write unto you : for ye yourselves are taught of God to love 
one another. 10 And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren 
which are in all Macedonia : but we beseech you, brethren, 
that ye increase more and more. 

Heb. 13 : 1 Let brotherly love continue. 

1 Pet. 1 : 22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying 
the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the 
brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fer- 
vently. 

2 : 17 Love the brotherhood. 

2 Pet. 1 : 5 And besides this, giving all diligence, add to 
your faith, virtue ; and to virtue, knowledge ; 6 And to knowl- 
edge, temperance ; and to temperance, patience ; and to pa- 
tience, godUness ; 7 And to godliness, brotherly kindness ; and 
to brotherly kindness, charity. 

1 Jn. 2 : 10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the Hght, 
and there is none occasion of stumbling in him. 11 But he 
that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness. 

3:11 For this is the message that ye heard from the begin- 
ning, that we should love one another. 12 Not as Cain, who 
was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. 14 We know 
that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the 
brethren. He that loveth not his brother, abideth in death. 
15 Whosoever hateth his brother, is a murderer : and ye know 
that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. 16 Here- 
by perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for 
us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. 
17 But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother 
have-need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, 
how dwelleth the love of God in him ? 18 My little children, 
let us not love in word, neither in tongue, but in deed and in 
truth. 19 And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and 
shall assure our hearts before him. 23 And this is his command- 
ment ; That we should beheve on the name of his Son Jesus 
Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment. 
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Divisions and Separations. 



4 : 7 Beloved, let us love one another : for love is of God ; 
and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. 
8 He that loveth not, knoweth not God ; for God is love. 

10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, 
and sent his Son to he the propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, 
if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. 20 If 
a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar. 
For he that loveth not his brother, whom he hath seen, how 
can he love God, whom he hath not seen ? 21 And this com- 
mandment have we from him, That he who loveth God, love 
his brother also. 

2 Jn. 5 And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote 
a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from 
the beginning, that we love one anotlier. 

100. Divisions and separations. 

Mat. 12 : 25 And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto 
them, Every kingdom divided against itself, is brought to deso- 
lation ; and every city or house divided against itself, shall not 
stand. 26 And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided asrainst 
himself; how shall then his kingdom stand ? 

Rom. 16 : 17 Now 1 beseech you, brethren, mark them which 
cause divisions and offences, contrary to the doctrine which 
ye have learned ; and avoid them. 18 For they that are such 
serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly ; and by 
good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple. 

1 Cor. 1 : 10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of 
our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and 
that there be no ^iivisions among you ; but that ye be perfectly 
joined together in the same mind, and in the same judgment. 

11 For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by 
them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are conten- 
tions among you. 12 Now this I say, that every one of you 
saith, I am o( Paul ; and I of Apollos ; and I of Cephas ; and 
J of Christ. 13 Is Christ divided ? 

3 : 3 For ye are yet carnal : for whereas there is among you 
envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk 
as men '? 4 For while one saith, I am of Paul ; and another, 
I am of Apollos ; are ye not carnal ? 

12 : 24 For our comely parts have no need : but God hath 
tempered the body together, having given more abundant 

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False Unions — Limits of Fellowship. 



honor to that part which lacked : 25 That there should be no 
schism in the body ; but that the members should have the 
eame care one for another. 26 And whether one member suf- 
fer, all the members suffer with it ; or one member be hon- 
ored, all the members rejoice with it. 27 Now ye are the 
body of Christ, and members in particular. 

Gal. 5 : 15 But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed 
that ye be not consumed one of another. 

Jude 18 How that they told you there should be mockers in 
the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts. 
19 These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having 
not the Spirit. 

101. Unchristian unions forbidden. 

Lk. 12 : 51 Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on 
earth ? I tell you. Nay ; but rather division. 

2 Cor. 6 :14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with un- 
believers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with un- 
righteousness ? and what communion hath hght with darkness ? 
15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial ? or what part 
hath he that believeth with an infidel ? 16 And what agree- 
ment hath the temple of God with idols ? for ye are the temple 
of the living God ; as God hath said, I Avill dwell in them, and 
walk in them ; and I will be their God, and they shall be my 
people. 17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye 
separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing ; and 
I will receive you ; 18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye 
shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. 

Rev. 18 : 4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, 
Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her 
sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. 

102. Limits of Christian fellowship. 

Mat. 10 : 11 And into whatsoever city or town ye shall en- 
ter, inquire who in it is worthy ; and there abide till ye o-o 
thence. 12 And when ye come into an house, salute it. 
13 And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: 
but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you. 14 And 
whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when 
ye depart out of that house, or city, shake off the dust of your 
feet. 

1 Cor. 5:91 wrote unto you in an epistle, not to company 
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Its Root and Branches. 



with fornicators : 10 Yet not altogether with the fornicators 
of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with 
idolaters : for then must ye needs go out of the world. 11 But 
now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man 
that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idol- 
ater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner : with such a 
one no not to eat. 

10 : 20 I would not that ye should have fellowship with 
devils. 

Ep. 5 : 11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works 
of darkness, but rather reprove them. 

2 Th. 3 : 6 Now we command you, brethren, in the name 
of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from 
every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradi- 
tion which he received of us. 14 And if any man obey not 
our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company 
with him, that he may be ashamed. 15 Yet count him not as 
an enemy, but admonish him as a brother. 

2 Tim. 3 : 1 This know also, that in the last days perilous 
times shall come. 2 For men shall he lovers of their own 
selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to 
parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 Without natural affection, 
truce-breakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of 
those that are good, 4 Traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers 
of pleasures more than lovers of God ; 5 Having a form of 
godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. 

2 Jn. 10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this 
doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God 
speed : 11 For he that biddeth him God speed, is partaker of 
his evil deeds. [See 415.] 

103. Christian churches, branches of the Abrahamic church. 

Rom. 11 : 16 For if the first fruit be holy, the lump is also 
holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches. 17 And if 
some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild 
olive-tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them par- 
takest of the root and fatness of the olive-tree j 18 Boast not 
against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the 
root, but the root thee. 19 Thou wilt say then, The branches 
were broken off, that I might be graffed in. 20 Well ; because 
of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. 

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104 CHURCH. 

Abrahamic Covenant. 

Be not high-minded, but fear: 21 For if God spared not the 
natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee. 23 And 
they also, if they abide not still in unbeUef, shall be graffed in : 
for God is able to grafF them in again. 24 For if thou wert 
cut out of the olive-tree which is wild by nature, and wert 
graffed contrary to nature into a good olive-tree ; how much 
more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed into 
their own olive-tree ? 

Gal. 3 : 7 Know ye therefore, that they which are of faith, 
the same are the children of Abraham. 8 And the scripture, 
foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, 
preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee 
shall all nations be blessed. 9 So then they which be of faith 
are blessed with faithful Abraham. [Rom. 4:11 — 25. Ac. 
7 : 38. Ep. 2 : 12.] 

104. God's covenant with the Abrahamic church. 

Gen. 17 : 7 And I will establish my covenant between me 
and thee, and thy seed after thee, in their generations, for an 
everlasting covenant ; to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed 
after thee. 

Ps. 103 : 17 But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting 
to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness 
unto children's children ; 18 To such as keep his covenant, 
and to those that remember his commandments to do tliem. 

Mic. 7 : 20 Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the 
mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers 
from the days of old. 

Gal. 3:9 So then they which be of faith are blessed with 
faithful Abraham. 14 That the blessing of Abraham migrht 
come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ ; that we might re- 
ceive the promise of the Spirit through faith. 15 Brethren, I 
speak after the manner of men ; Though it be but a man's 
covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth or addeth 
thereto. 16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises 
made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many ; but as of one, 
And to thy seed, which is Christ. 17 And this I say, That the 
covenant that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, 
which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, 
that it should make the promise of none effect. 18 For if the 
inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise : but God 

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gave it to Abraham by promise. 29 And if ye be Christ's, then 
are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise. 

105. God's covenant with the Abrahamic church involves true 
religion. 

Ex. 19 : 5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, 
and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure 
unto me above all people. 

Lev. 26 : 41 If then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, 
and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity : 
42 Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also 
my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham 
will I remember ; and I will remember the land. 

Dt. 30 : 6 And the Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart, 
and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with all 
thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live. 

1 K. 8 : 23 And he said, Lord God of Israel, there is no 
God hke thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, who 
keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk be- 
fore thee w4th all their heart. 

Ps. 78 : 10 They kept not the covenant of God, and refused 
to walk in his law. 

Rom. 2 : 28 For he is not a Jew, which is one outw^ardly ; 
neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh : 
29 But he is a Jew which is one inwardly ; and circumcision 
is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter ; whose 
praise is not of men, but of God. 

Gal. 3:9 So then they which be of faith are blessed with 
faithful Abraham. 29 And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abra- 
ham's seed, and heirs according to the promise. 

106. Circumcision, the appointed seal of the Abrahamic church. 

Gen. 17 : 10 This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, be- 
tween me and you, and thy seed after thee ; Every man-child 
among you shall be circumcised. 11 And ye shall circumcise 
the flesh of your foreskin ; and it shall be a token of the cove- 
nant betwixt me and you. 12 And he that is eight days old 
shall be circumcised among you, every man-child in your gen- 
erations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money 
of any stranger which is not of thy seed. 13 He that is born 
in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs 

111 



107, 108 CHURCH. 



covenant Blessings for Children — Covenant permanent. 



be circumcised : and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an 
everlasting covenant. 

Rom. 4:11 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal 
of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncir- 
cumcised : that he might be the father of all them that believe, 
though they be not circumcised, that righteousness might be 
imputed unto them also. 

107. Did the Abrahamic covenant include blessings for the pos- 
terity of believers ? 

Gen. 17 : 7 And I w^ill establish my covenant between me 
and thee, and thy seed after thee, in their generations, for an 
everlasting covenant ; to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed 
after thee. 19 And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a 
son indeed ; and thou shalt call his name Isaac : and I will es- 
tablish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and 
with his seed after him. 

26 : 24 And the Lord appeared unto him the same night, 
and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father : fear not, for I 
am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for 
my servant Abraham's sake. 

Dt. 30 : 19 Choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live. 

2 K. 13 : 23 And the Lord was gracious unto them, and had 
compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of 
his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not 
destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet. 

Is. 59 : 21 As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith 
the Lord ; My Spirit that is upon thee, and my words which 
I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, 
nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy 
seed's seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever. 

Ac. 2 : 39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children. 
Gen. 26 : 24. [See 426.] 

108. TVie covenant between God and the Abrahamic church not 
abolished with the Jewish ritual. 

Rom. 15 : 8 Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision 
for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the 
fathers. 

Gal. 3 : 17 And this I say. That the covenant that was con- 
firmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hun- 
dred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should 
112 



COMPANIONS. 109 



Gtood and Bad. 



make the promise of none effect. 29 If ye be Christ's, then 
are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise. 

COMPANIONS. 

109. Instructions respecting good and had companions. 

Ex. 34 : 12 Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant 
with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be 
for a snare in the midst of thee. 

Ps. 1 : 1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel 
of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth 
in the seat of the scornful. 

119: 115 Depart from me, ye evil-doers: for 1 will keep the 
commandments of my God. 

139 : 19 Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God : depart 
from me therefore, ye bloody men. 

Pr. 1 : 10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. 
11 If they say. Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us 
lurk privily for the innocent without cause : 12 Let us swallow 
them up alive as the grave ; and whole, as those that go down 
into the pit : 13 We shall find all precious substance, we shall 
fill our houses with spoil : 14 Cast in thy lot among us ; let us 
all have one purse : 15 My son walk not thou in the way with 
them ; refrain thy foot from their path : 16 For their feet run 
to evil, and make haste to shed blood : 18 And they lay wait 
for their own blood ; they lurk privily for their own lives. 

4 : 14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in 
the way of evil men. 15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, 
and pass away. 16 For they sleep not, except they have done 
mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause 
some to fall. 17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and 
drink the wine of violence. 

7 : 24 Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and 
attend to the words of my mouth. 25 Let not thine heart de- 
cline to her ways, go not astray in her paths. 26 For she 
hath cast down many wounded : yea, many strong men have 
been slain by her. 27 Her house is the way to hell, going 
down to the chambers of death. 

12 : 11 He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread : 
but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding. 

13 : 20 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise ; but a 
companion of fools shall be destroyed. 

10* 113 



110, 111 CONDESCENSION CONFESSION OF SIN. 



Condescension required— Duty of Confession. 



Pr. 14 : 7 Go from the presence of a foolish man when thou 
perceivest not iii him the Hps of knowledge. 

19 : 27 Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth 
to err from the words of knowledge. 

22 : 24 Make no friendship with an angry man ; and with a 
furious man thou shalt not go : 25 Lest thou learn his ways, 
and get a snare to thy soul. 

24 : 1 Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire 
to be with them : 2 For their heart studieth destruction, and 
their lips talk of mischief 21 My son, fear thou the Lord 
and the king : and meddle not with them that are given to 
change. 

28 : 7 Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son : but he that is 
a companion of riotous men shameth his father. 19 He that 
tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread : but he that follow- 
eth after vain persons shall have poverty enough. 

29 : 3 Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father : but he that 
keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance. 

Is. 1:4 Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed 
of evil-doers, children that are corrupters ! 

1 Cor. 15 : 33 Evil communications corrupt good manners. 
Gal. 5 : 9 A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump. 

2 Pet. 3 : 17 Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these 
things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the 
error of the wicked, fall from your own steadfastness. 

CONDESCENSION. 

110. Condescension required. 

Lk. 14 : 13 But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the 
maimed, the lame, the blind ; 14 And thou shalt be blessed : 
for they cannot recompense thee : for thou shalt be recom- 
pensed at the resurrection of the just. 

Jn. 13 : 14 If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed 
your feet ; ye also ought to wash one another's feet. 

Rom. 12 : 16 Be of the same mind one toward another. 
Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. 

CONFESSION OF SIN. 

111. Duty, necessity, and encouragement qf confessing sin. 

Lev. 26 : 40 If they shall confess their iniquity, and the in~ 
114 



CONSCIENCE. 112 

Belongs to All. 

iquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed 
against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me ; 
41 And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have 
brought them into the land of their enemies ; if then their un- 
circumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the 
punishment of their iniquity : 42 Then will I remember my 
covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and 
also my covenant with Abraham will I remember : and I will 
remember the land. 

Pr. 28 : 13 He that covereth his sins shall not prosper : but 
whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. 

Dan. 9 : 20 And while I was speaking, and praying, and 
confessing my sin, and the sin of my people Israel, and present- 
ing my supplication before the Lord my God for the holy 
mountain of my God ; 21 Yea, while I wa5 speaking in prayer, 
even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the 
beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the 
time of the evening oblation. 

Hos. 5 : 14 For I will he unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a 
young Uon to the house of Judah : I, even I, will tear and go 
away ; I will take away, and none shall rescue him. 15 I will 
go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, 
and seek my face : in their affliction they will seek me early. 

Jam. 5 : 16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one 
for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent 
prayer of a righteous man availeth much. 

1 Jn. 1 : 8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive our- 
selves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he 
is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us 
from all unrighteousness. 

CONSCIENCE. 
112. The faculty of conscience belongs to all. 

Is. 5 : 3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of 
Judah judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard. 

Lk. 12 : 57 Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not 
what is right 1 

Jn. 8 : 9 And they which heard lY, being convicted by their 
ovm conscience, went out one by one. 

Rom. 2 : 14 For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, 
do by nature the things contained in the law, these having not 

115 



113—115 CONSCIENCE. 



Seared— Perverted— Will not always sleep. 



the law, are a law unto themselves. 15 Which shew the 
work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also 
bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing, 
or else excusing one another. 

2 Cor. 4 : 2 But have renounced the hidden things of dis- 
honesty ; not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of 
God deceitfully ; but, by manifestation of the truth, commend- 
ing ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. 

113. ^ seared and defiled conscience. 

Jer. 6 : 15 Were they ashamed when they had committed 
abomination ? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could 
they blush. 

Zep, 3 : 5 The unjust knoweth no shame. 

1 Cor. 8 : 7 And their conscience, being weak, is defiled. 
Heb. 9. 14. 

1 Tim. 4 : 2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their con- 
science seared with a hot iron. 

Tit 1 : 15 Unto the pure all things are pure : but unto them 
that are defiled and unbelieving i^ nothing pure ; but even their 
mind and conscience is defiled. 

114. Conscience, when perverted, misleads. 

Jn. 16 : 2 The time cometh, that whosoever killeth you, will 
think that he doeth God service. 

Ac. 26 : 9 I verily thought with myself, that I ought to 
do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. 
10 Which thing I also did in Jerusalem : and many of the 
saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from 
the chief priests ; and when they were put to death, I gave 
my voice against them. 11 And I punished then oft in every 
synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme ; and being ex- 
ceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto 
strange cities. 

115. Conscience will not always sleep. 

Gen. 42 : 21 And they said one to another, We are verily 
guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of 
his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear j tliere- 
fore is this distress come upon us. 9 

Ex. 9 : 27 And Pharaoh sent and called for Moses and Aaron, 
and said unto them, I have sinned this time : the Lord is rio-h- 
teous, and I and my people are wicked. 
116 



CONSCIENCE. 116 117 



Obeying Conscience— Conscientious Feelings. 



Mat. 22 : 11 And when the king came in to see the guests, 
he saw there a man which had not on a wedding-garment : 
,12 And he saith unto him, Friend, how earnest thou in hither, 
not having a wedding-garment ? And he was speechless. 

Rom. 3 : 19 Now we know that what things soever the law 
saith, it saith to them who are under the law : that every mouth 
may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before 
God. 

116. Ought we to keep conscience enlightened, and to obey its 
dictates? 

Ac. 23 : 1 And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said. 
Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before 
God until this day. 

24 : 16 And herein do I exercise myself; to have always a 
conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men. 

Rom. 13:5 Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only 
for wrath, but also for conscience' sake. 

1 Tim. 1 : 19 Holding faith and a good conscience ; which 
some having put away, concerning faith have made shipwreck. 

Heb. 13 : 18 Pray for us : for we trust we have a good con- 
science, in all things willing to live honestly. 

1 Pet. 2 : 19 For this is thank-worthy, if a man for conscience 
toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. 

3 : 16 Having a good conscience ; that, whereas they speak 
evil of you, as of evil-doers, they may be ashamed that falsely 
accuse your good conversation in Christ. 

117. Conscientious feelings and co7ivictions to be respected. 

1 Cor. 8 : 8 But meat commendeth us not to God : for neither 
if we eat are we the better ; neither if we eat not, are we the 
worse. 9 But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours 
become a stumbling-block to them that are weak. 10 For if 
any man see thee, which hast knowledge, sit at meat in the 
idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be 
emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols ; 
n And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish' 
for whom Christ died ? 12 But when ye sin so against the 
brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against 
Christ. 13 Wherefore, if meat make my brother to ofSnd, I 
will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my 
brother to offend. 

117 



118, 119 CONSCIENCE CONSIDERATION. 

Comforts of Conscience. — Consideration — Inconsideration. 

1 Cor. 10 : 27 If any of them that beHeve not bid you to a 
feast^ and ye be disposed to go ; whatsoever is set before you, 
eat, asking no question for conscience' sake. 28 But if any man 
say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for 
his sake that shewed it, and for conscience' sake : for the earth 
is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof: 29 Conscience, I say, 
not thine own, but of the other : for why is my liberty judged 
of another man's conscience ? 

118. Comforts of an approving conscience. 

Pr. 14 : 14 The backslider in heart shall be filled with his 
own ways : and a good man shall be satisfied from himself 

18 : 14 The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity ; but a 
wounded spirit who can bear ? 

2 Cor. 1 : 12 For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our 
conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with 
fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our con- 
versation in the world. 

CONSIDERATION. 

119. Consideration required — Inconsideration reproved. 

Dt. 4 : 39 Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine 
heart, that the Lord he is God in heaven above, and upon the 
earth beneath : there is none else. 

32 : 29 Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, 
that they would consider their latter end ! 

Job 37 : 14 Hearken unto this, O Job : stand still, and con- 
sider the wondrous works of God. 

Ps. 28 : 5 Because they regard not the works of the Lord, 
nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not 
build them up. 

50 : 21 These things hast thou done, and I kept silence ; thou 
thoughtest that I was altogether such a one as thyself: but I 
will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes. 
22 Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in 
pieces, and there be none to deliver. 

Ill : 4 He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered. 

Pr. 4 : 26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways 
be established. 

6:6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard : consider her ways, and 

be wise. 

118 



CONTENTMENT COURTESY. 120 121 



P»ty and Advantages of Contentmen t—Courtesy exemplified. 

Ec 7 : 13 Consider the work of God : for who can make that 
straight which he hath made crooked ? 14 In the day of pros- 
perity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider. 

Is. 1 : 3 The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's 
crib : but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider. 

5 : 12 And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and 
wme, are m their feasts : but they regard not the work of the 
Lord, neither consider the operation of his hands. 13 There- 
fore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no 
knowledge. 

Hos. 7 : 2 And they consider not in their hearts, that I re- 
member all their wickedness. 

Hag. 1 : 5 Now, therefore, thus saith the Lord of hosts : Con- 
sider your ways. 

CONTENTMENT. 

120. Duty and advantages of contentment. 

Ph. 4:11 Not that I speak in respect of want : for I have 
learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. 

1 Tim. 6 : 6 But godliness with contentment is great gain 
7 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we 
can carry nothing out. 8 And having food and raiment, let 
us be therewith content. 

Heb. 13:5 Let your conversation 6e without covetousness • 
and be content with such things as ye have : for he hath said' 
1 will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. ' 

COURTESY. 

121. Courtesy exemplijkd and required. 

Mat 26 : 50 And Jesus said unto him, [Judas] Friend 
wherefore art thou come ? 

Ac. 27 : 3 And Julius courteously entreated Paul, and save 
him hberty to go unto his friends to refresh himself. 

28 : 7 In the same quarters were possessions of the chief 
man of the island, whose name was Publius; who received us 
and lodged us three days courteously. ' 

1 Pet. 3 : 8 Finally, be ye aU of one mmd, having compas- 
sion one of another; love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous. 

119 



122, 123 COVETOUSNESS. 



Prevalence of— Forbidden. 



COVETOUSNESS. 

122. Prevalence of covetousness. 

Jer, 6 : 13 For from the least of them even unto the greatest 
of them every one is given to covetousness ; and from the 
prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely. 

22 : 17 But thine eyes and thine heart ai^e not but for thy 
covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppres- 
sion, and for violence to do it. 

Ezk. 33 : 31 And they come unto thee as the people cometh, 
and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy 
words, but they will not do them : for with their mouth they 
shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness. 

Hos. 10 : 1 Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit 
unto himself. 

Rom. 1 : 29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornica- 
tion, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness. 

Ph. 2 : 21 For all seek their own, not the things which are 
Jesus Christ's. 

1 Tim. 6 : 5 Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, 
and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness : 
from such withdraw thyself. 

2 Tim. 3 : 2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, 
covetous, boasters, proud. 

123. Covetousness forbidden. — Threatenings. 

Ex. 20 : 17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou 
shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his man-servant, nor 
his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is 
thy neighbor's. 

Pr. 28 : 16 The prince that wanteth understanding is also a 
great oppressor : but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong 
his days. 

Lk. 12 : 15 And he said unto them. Take heed, and beware 
of covetousness : for a man's life consisteth not in the abund- 
ance of the things which he possesseth. 16 And he spake a 
parable unto them, saying. The ground of a certain rich man 
brought forth plentifully : 17 And he thought within himself^ 
saying. What shall I do, because I have no room where to be- 
stow my fruits ? 18 And he said. This will I do : I will pull 
down my barns, and build greater ; and there will I bestow all 
my fruits and my goods. 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, 
120 



N 



COVETOUSNESS, 123 



Threatenings. 



thou hast much goods laid up for many years ; take thine ease, 
eat, drink, and be merry. 20 But God said unto him, Thou 
fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee : then whose 
shall those things be which thou hast provided ? 21 So is he 
that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God. 

Ep. 5 ; 3 But fornication, and all uncleanncss, or covetous- 
ness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints. 

Ph. 2 : 4 Look not every man on his own things, but every 
man also on the things of others. 

Col. 3 : 5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon 
the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil 
concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry. 

Heb. 13:5 Let your conversation he without covetousness ; 
and he content with such things as ye have : for he hath said, 
I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. 

TTireats. 

Ps. 10 : 3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and 
blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth. 

Is. 57 : 17 For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, 
and smote him : I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on fro- 
wardly in the way of his heart 

Mic, 2 : 2 And they covet fields, and take them by violence ; 
and houses, and take them away : so they oppress a man and 
his house, even a man and his heritage. 3 Therefore thus 
saith the Lord; Behold, against this family do I devise an 
evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks ; neither shall 
ye go haughtily : for this time is evil, 

Hab, 2 : 9 Wo to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to 
his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be 
delivered from the power of evil ! 

1 Cor. 5: 11 But now I have written unto you not to keep 
company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, 
or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an ex- 
tortioner : with such a one no not to eat. 

6 : 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilerg, 
nor extortioners, shall inherit the kino-dom of God. 

Ep, 5 : 5 For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor un- 
clean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any 
inljeritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. 

\ "X'v^, 6 ; 5 Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, 

U 121 



1!24 



CREATION. 



^i.* 



God its Author. 



and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godHness : 
from such withdraw thyself. 

Jude 11 Wo unto them ! for they have gone in the way of 
Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, 
and perished in the gainsaying of Core. [See 369.J 

CREATION. 

124. God its author. 

Gen. 1 : 1 In the beginning God created the heaven and 
the earth. 

Neh. 9 : 6 Thou, e^•en thou, art Lord alone ; thou hast made 
heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, 
and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, 
and thou preservest them all ; and the host of heaven wor- 
shippeth thee. 

Ps. 33 : 6 By the word of the Lord were the heavens made ; 
and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. 9 For 
he spake, and it was done ; he commanded, and it stood fast. 

Is. 42 : 5 Thus saith God the Lord, he that created the 
heavens, and stretched theni out; he that spread forth the 
earth, and that which cometh out of it ; he that giveth breath 
unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein. 

Jn. 1 : 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was 
with God, and the Word was God. 3 All things were made 
by him ; and without him was not any thing made that was 
made. 14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us. 

Ep. 3 : 9 God, who created all things by Jesus Christ. 

Col. 1 : 14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, 
even the forgiveness of sins : 15 Who is the image of the in- 
visible God, the first-born of every creature : 16 For by him 
were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in 
earth, visible and invisible, whether they he thrones, or domin- 
ions, or principalities, or powers : all things were created by 
^him, and for him. 

Heb. 3:4 For every house is builded by some man; but 
he that built all things is God. 
.^ Rev. 4:11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory, and 
honor, and power : for thou hast created all things, and for thy 
pleasure they are and were created. 
122 



CREATION. 125—127 



Time employed in— Use of the Stars, &c.— Wisdom of Creation. 



125. Time employed in creation. 

Gen. 2 : 1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, 
and all the host of them. 2 And on the seventh day God 
ended his work which he had made ; and he rested on the 
seventh day from all his work which he had made. 4 These 
are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they 
were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth 
and the heavens. 

Ex. 20 : 11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and 
earth, the sea and all that in them is. 

126. Use of the heavenly bodies. 

Gen. 1 : 14 And God said, Let there be Hghts in the firma- 
ment of the heaven, to divide the day from the night ; and let 
them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years. 
15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven 
to give light upon the earth: and it was so. 16 And God 
made two great lights ; the greater hght to rule the day, and 
the lesser Ught to rule the night : he made the stars also. 17 And 
God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light 
upon the earth, 18 And to rule over the day, and over the 
night, and to divide the light from the darkness. 

Jer. 31 : 35 Thus saith the Lord, which giveth the sun for 
a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars 
for a hght by night, which divideth the sea when the waves 
thereof roar ; The Lord of hosts is his name. 

127. The works of creation indicate wisdom. 

Ps. 19 : 1 The heavens declare the glory of God ; and the 
firmament sheweth his handy-work. 2 Day unto day uttereth 
speech, and night unto night showeth knowledge. 

104 : 24 O Lord, how manifold are thy works ! in wisdom 
hast thou made them all : the earth is full of thy riches. 
Pr. 3: 19 The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth; bv 
understanding hath he established the heavens. 20 By his 
knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop 
down the dew. 

Jer. 10 : 12 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath 
established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out 
the heavens by his discretion. 

123 



128 130 CUSTOM DEATH AND JUDGMENT. 

Power of Custom — Death by Sin — ^Universal. 

CUSTOM. 

128. Power of custom. 

Pr. 27 : 22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar 
among wheat with a pestle yet will not his foolishness depart 
from him. 

Jer. 13 : 23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard 
his spots ? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to 
do evil. 

Rom. 7 : 19 For the good that I would, I do not ; but the 
evil which I would not, that I do. 20 Now if I do that I would 
not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. 
21 I find then a law, that when I would do good, evil is pres- 
ent with me. 23 But I see another law in my members war- 
ring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captiv- 
ity to the law of sin which is in my members. 24 O wretched 
man that I am ! who shall deliver me from the body of this 
death? [See 157.] 

DEATH AND JUDGMENT. 

129. Death, the consequence of sin. 

Rom. 5 : 12 Wherefore as by one man sin entered into the 
world, and death by sin ; and so death passed upon all men, 
for that all have sinned. 17 For if by one man's offence death 
reigned by one ; much more they which receive abundance of 
grace, and of the gift of righteousness, shall reign in life by 
one, Jesus Christ. 

130. All men mu^t die. 

Job 16 : 22 When a few years are come, then I shall go the 
way whence I shall not return. 

30 : 23 For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and 
to the house appointed for all living. 

Ps. 89 : 48 What man is he that liveth, and shall not see 
death ? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave ? 

Ec. 8 : 8 There is no man that hath power over the spirit to 
retain the spirit : neither hath he power in the day of death : 
and there is no discharge in that war ; neither shall wickedness 
deliver those that are given to it. 

Zech. 1 : 5 Your fathers, where are they ? and the prophets, 
do they liye for ev^r ? 

Heb. 9 : 27 It js appointed unto men once to die, but after 
this the judgment, 
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DEATH AND JUDGMENT. 131 133 



Time appointed— God's Agency in— Death soon approaches. 



131. The time of our death appointed. 

Job 7:1/5 there not an appointed time to man upon earth ? 
are not his days also like the days of a hireling ? 

14 : 5 Seeing his days are determined, the number of his 
months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he 
cannot pass ; 6 Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall 
accomplish, as a hireling, his day. 14 All the days of my ap- 
pointed time will I wait, till my change come. 

132. God giveth and taketh away human life. 

Dt. 32 : 39 See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god 
with me: 1 kill, and I make alive: I wound, and I heal: 
neither is there any that can dehver out of my hand. 

1 S. 2 : 6 The Lord killeth, and maketh alive : he bringeth 
down to the grave, and bringeth up. 

Ps. 68 : 20 Unto God the Lord belong the issues from death. 

Dan. 5 : 23 The God in whose hand thy breath is, and 
whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified. 

133. Short7iess and vanity of life. 

Gen. 47 : 9 And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the 
years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years : few 
and evil have the days of the years of my hfe been. 

1 Ch. 29 : 15 For we are strangers before thee, and sojourn- 
ers, as were all our fathers : our days on the earth are as a 
shadow, and there is none abiding. 

Job 8 : 9 (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, 
because our days upon earth are a shadow.) 

9 : 25 Now my days are swifter than a post : they flee away, 
they see no good. 26 They are passed away as the swift 
ships : as the eagle that hasteth to the prey. 

14 : 1 Man tJiat is born of a woman is of few days, and full of 
trouble. 2 He coraeth forth like a flower, and is cut down : 
he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. 

Ps. 39 : 5 Behold, thou hast made my days as an hand- 
breadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily 
every man at his best state is altogether vanity. 

90 : 10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten ; ' 
and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their 
strength labor and sorrow ; for it is soon cut off, and we fly 
away. 

103 : 15 As for man, his days are as grass : ae a flower of 

11* 125 



134, 125 DEATH AND JUDGMENT. 

Death often sudden— The Soul dies not. 

the field, so he flourisheth. 16 For the wind passeth over it, 
and it is gone ; and the place thereof shall know it no more. 

Ps. 144 : 4 Man is like to vanity : his days are as a shadow 
that passeth away. 

Is. 40 : 6 The voice said, Cry. And he said. What shall I 
cry ? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as 
the flower of the field: 7 The grass withereth, the flower 
fadeth : because the spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it : surely 
the people is grass. 

64 : 6 We all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the 
wind, have taken us away. 

Jam. 4 : 14 Whereas ye know not what shall he on the mor- 
row. For what is your life ? It is even a vapor, that appear- 
eth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. 

1 Pet. 1 : 24 For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of 
man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the 
flower thereof falleth away. 

134. Death often sudden and unexpected. 

1 S. 20 : 3 There is but a step between me and death. 

Ps. 102 : 23 He weakened my strength in the way, he short- 
ened my days. 24 I said, O my God, take me not away in the 
midst of my days. 

Ec. 9 : 12 For man also knoweth not his time : as the fishes 
that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught 
in the snare ; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, 
when it falleth suddenly upon them. 

185. The soul neither dies nor sleeps with the body. 

Ec. 3 : 21 Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth up- 
ward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the 
earth ? 

12 : 7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was : and 
the spirit shall return unto God who gave it. 

Mat. 22 : 32 I am the God of Abraham, and the Grod of 
Isaac, and the God of Jacob. God is not the God of the dead, 
but of the living. 

Lk. 16 : 22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and 
was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom. The rich 
man also died, and was buried : 23 And in hell he lifted up 
his eyes, being in torments, and seetli Abraham afar off", Euid 
Lazarus in his bosom. 
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DEATH AND JUDGMENT. 136 

Desirable to the Righteous. 



23 : 43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee. To- 
day shalt thou be with me in paradise. 

Ac. 7 : 59 And they stoned Stephen, calHng upon God^ and 
saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. 

2 Cor. 5:8 We are confident, I say^ and willing rather to 
be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. 

Ph. 1 : 23 I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to de- 
part, and to be with Christ j which is far better. 

Heb. 12 : 23 The spirits of just men made perfect. 

Rev. 6 : 9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw 
under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word 
of God, and for the testimony which they held. 

136. Death desirable to the righteous. 

Job 3 : 17 There the wicked cease from troubling ; and 
there the weary be at rest. 18 TTiere the prisoners rest to- 
gether ; they hear not the voice of the oppressor. 

7 : 16 I would not live away. 

Ps. 17 : 15 As for me, I will behold thy face in righte'^usness : 
I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness. 

23 : 4 Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of 
death, I will fear no evil : for thou art with me ; thy rod and 
thy staff they comfort me. 

31 : 5 Into thine hand I commit my spirit : thou hast redeem- 
ed me, O Lord God of truth. 

37 : 37 Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright : for 
the end of that man is peace. 

116 : 15 Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his 
saints. 

Pr. 14 : 32 The wicked is driven away in his wickedness : 
but the righteous hath hope in his death. 

Is. 57 : 1 The righteous perishetli, and no man layeth it to 
heart : and merciful men are taken away, none considering 
that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come. 2 He 
shall enter into peace : they shall rest in their beds, each one 
walking in his uprightness. 

1 Cor. 3 : 22 Or hfe, or death, or things present, or things to 
come ; all are yours. 

15 : 54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorrup- 
tion, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall 
be brought to pass the saying that is written. Death is Bwal- 

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137, 138 DEATH AND JUDGMENT. 

Waiting for— Dreadful to the Wicked. 

lowed up in victory. 55 O death, where is thy sting 1 O grave, 
where is thy victory ? 56 The sting of death is sin, and the 
strength of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, which 
giveth us the victory, through our Lord Jesus Christ. 

2 Cor. 5 : 1 For we know that if our earthly house of this 
tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an 
house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 8 We 
are confident, /say, and willing rather to be absent from the 
body, and to be present with the Lord. 

Ph. 1 : 21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. 

Rev. 14 : 13 And I heard a voice from heaven, saying unto 
me. Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from 
henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from 
their labors ; and their works do follow them. 

137. Patient waiting for death. 

Job 14 : 14 If a man die, shall he live again 7 all the days 
of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come. 

Lam.^.3 :2Q Jt is good that a man should both hope and 
quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord. 

Ph. 1 : 23 For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire 
to depart, and to be with Christ ; which is far better : 24 Nev- 
ertheless, to abide in the flesh is more needful for you. 25 And 
having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and continue 
with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith. 

138. Death dreadful to the wicked. 

Job 27 : 19 The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be 
gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not. 20 Terrors 
take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in 
the night. 21 The east wind carrieth him away, and he de- 
parteth : and as a storm hurleth him out of his place. 22 For 
God shall cast upon him, and not spare : he would fain flee 
out of his hand. 

Pr. 11:7 When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall 
perish : and the hope of unjust men perisheth, 

14 : 32 The wicked is driven away in his wickedness : but 
the righteous hath hope in his death. 

Lk. 16 : 22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and 
was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom. Thd*^ rich 
man also died, and was buried : 23 And in hell he hfted up his 
eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off*, and Laz- 
arus in his bosom. 
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DEATH AND JUDGMENT. 139 140 



Demand Preparation— General Judgment. 



Heb. 10 : 31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the 
living God. [See 475.] 

139. Preparation for death required and exemplified. 

Ps. 90 : 12 So teach us to number our days, that we may 
apply our hearts unto wisdom. 

Ec. 9 : 10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with 
thy might; for th.ere is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, 
nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest. 

Mat. 24 : 44 Therefore be ye also ready : for in such an 
hour as ye think not, the Son of man cometh. 

Lk. 12 : 35 Let your loins be girded about, and your lights 
burning ; 36 And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for 
their lord, when he will return from the wedding ; that, when 
he Cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately. 
37 Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh 
shall find watching. 

1 Cor. 1 : 7 So that ye come behind in no gift ; waiting for 
the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ : S Who shall also con- 
firm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of 
our Lord Jesus Christ. 

2 Cor. 4 : 18 Wc look not at the things which are seen, for 
the things which are seen are temporal ; but the things which 
are not seen are eternal. 

Ph. 3 : 20 Our conversation is in heaven ; from whence also 
we look for the Savior. 

Tit. 2 : 11 For the grace of God thatbringeth salvation hath 
appeared to all men, 12 Teaching us, that denyiny ungodU- 
ness, and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, 
and godly, in this present world ; 13 Looking for that blessed 
hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our 
Savior Jesus Christ. 

1 Pet. 4:7 But the end of all things is at hand : be ye 
therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. 

2 Pet. 3:11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dis- 
solved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy con- 
versation and godliness. 

140. General judgment appointed. 

Ps. 50 : 3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence : 
a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestu- 
ous round about him. 4 He shall call to the heavens from 

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140 DEATH AND JUDGMENT. 



General Judgment. 



above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people. 5 Gath- 
er my saints together unto me ; those that have made a cove- 
enant with me by sacrifice. 6 And the heavens shall declare 
his righteousness : for God is judge himself. 

Mat. 11 : 24 But I say unto you, That it shall be more tol- 
erable for the land of Sodom, in the day of judgment, than for 

thee. 

Ac. 17 : 31 Because he hath appointed a day, in the which 
he will judge the world in righteousness, by that man whom 
he hath ordained : whereof he hath given assurance unto all 
men, in that he hath raised him from the dead. 

24 : 25 And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, 
and judgment to come, Felix trembled. 

Rom. 14 : 10 But why dost thou judge thy brother ? or why 
dost thou set at nought thy brother ? for we shall all stand be- 
fore the judgment-seat of Christ. 12 So then every one of us 
shall give account of himself to God. 

2 Cor. 5 : 10 For we must all appear before the judgment- 
seat of Christ ; that every one may receive the things done in 
his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good 
or bad. 

2 Tim. 4:11 charge thee therefore before God, and the 
Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at 
his appearing and his kingdom. 

Heb. 9 : 27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but 
after this the judgment. 

2 Pet. 3 : 7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, 
by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against 
the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. 

Jude 6 And the angels which kept not their first estate, but 
left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains 
under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. 

Rev. 20 : 12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand be- 
fore God : and the books were opened : and another book was 
opened, which is the book of life : and the dead were judged 
out of those things which were written m the books, according 
to their works. 13 And the sea gave up the dead which were 
in it ; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were 
in them : and they were judged every man according to their 
works. 

130 



DEATH AND JUDGMENT. 141. 142 



Design of— Sudden and unexpected. 



141. Design of the judgment, 

Rom. 2:5 But after thy hardness and impenitent heart, 
treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath, and 
revelation of the righteous judgment of God. 

Jude 14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, proph- 
esied of these, saying. Behold, the Lord cometh with ten 
thousand of his saints, 15 To execute judgment upon all, and 
to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their un- 
godly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all 
their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against 
him. 

142. Judgment will come upon the world suddenly and unex- 
pectedly. 

Mat. 24 : .37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the 
coming of the Son of man be. 38 For as in the days that 
were before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marry- 
ing and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into 
the ark, 39 And knew not until the flood came, and took 
them all away: so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 

25 : 13 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the 
hour wherein the Son of man cometh. 

Mk. 13 : 32 But of that day and tJiat hour knoweth no man, 
no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, 
but the Father. 33 Take ye heed, watch and pray : for ye 
know not when the time is. 35 Watch ye therefore : for ye 
know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at 
midnight, or at the cock-crowing, or in the morning : 36 Lest 
coming suddenly, he find you sleeping. 

Lk. 17 : 24 For as the lightning that lig-hteneth out of the 
one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under 
heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day. 

28 Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot : they did eat, 
they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded ; 

29 But the sarne day that Lot went out of Sodom, it rained 
fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed ih^m all: 

30 Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is 
revealed. 

21 : 35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell 
on the face of the whole earth. 36 Watch ye therefore, and 
pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all 

lai 



143, 144 DEATH AND JUDGMENT. 



Earth to perish — ^Final Separation; 



these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the 

Son of man. 

Ac. 1 : 7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know 
the times or the seasons which the Father hath put in his own 
power. 

143. What will become of the material heavens and earth at 
the day of judgment. 

Ps. 102 : 25 Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: 
and the heavens are the work of thy hands. 26 They shall 
perish, but thou shalt endure : yea, all of them shall wax old 
like a garment ; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and 
they shall be changed. 

Is. 51 : 6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon 
the earth beneath : for the heavens shall vanish away like 
smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they 
that dwell therein shall die in like manner. 

2 Pet. 3 : 7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, 
by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against 
the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. 10 But 
the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night ; in the 
which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the 
elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the 
works that are therein shall be burned up. 11 Seeing then 
that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of per- 
sons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, 
12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of 
God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and 
the elements shall melt with fervent heat ? 

Rev. 20 : 11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that 
sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away ; 
and there was found no place for them. 

144. T^e righteous and wicked separated. 

Mat. 13 : 30 Let both grow together until the harvest : and 
in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye to- 
gether first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them : 
but gather the wheat into my barn. 

22 : 11 And when the king came in to see the guests, he 

saw there a man which had not on a wedding-garment : 12 And 

he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither, not having 

a wedding-garment 1 And he was speechless. 13 Then said 

132 



DEATH AND JUDGMENT. 145, 146 



Christ the Judge— Things revealed. 



the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him 
away, and cast him into outer darkness : there shall be weep- 
ing and gnashing of teeth. 

25 : 31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and 
all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne 
of his glory : 32 And before him shall be gathered ail nations : 
and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd 
divideth his sheep from the goats : 33 And he shall set the 
sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. 

Lk. 16 : 26 And besides all this, between us and you there is 
a great gulf fixed : so that they which would pass from hence 
to you cannot ; neither can they pass to us, that would come 
from thence. [See 473.] 

145. Judgment committed to Christ. 

Jn. 5 : 22 For the Father judgeth no man ; but hath commit- 
ted all judgment unto the Son : 23 That all men should honor 
the Son, even as they honor the Father. 27 And hath given 
him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son 
of man. 

Ac. 10 : 40 Him God raised up the third day, and shewed 
him openly : 42 And he commanded us to preach unto the 
people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God 
to be the Judge of quick and dead. 

2 Tim. 4:11 charge thee therefore before God, and the 
Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at 
his appearing and his kingdom. 

146. Revelations of the day of judgment. 

Ec. 11:9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth : and let thy 
heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways 
of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes : but know thou, 
that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment. 

12 : 14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with 
every secret thing, whether it he good, or whether it he evil. 

Mat. 12 : 36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that 
men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of 
judgment. 

Lk. 12 : 2 For there is nothing covered, that shall not be re- 
vealed ; neither hid, that shall not be known. 3 Therefore, 
whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness, shall be heard in the 

12 133 



14:7' — 149 DEATH AND JUDGMENT DEPRAVITY. 



Irrevocable Decisions— Man upright— The Fall. 



light : and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets, 
shall be proclaimed upon the house-tops. 

Rom. 2 : 16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of 
men by Jesus Christ, according to my gospel. 

1 Cor. 3 : 13 Every man's work shall be made manifest : for 
the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire ; 
and the fire shall try every man's work, of what sort it is. 

4 : 5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the 
Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of 
darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts : 
and then shall every man have praise of God. 

147. Irrevocable decisions of the judgment, 

Lk. 13 : 25 When once the Master of the house is risen up, 
and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and 
to knock at the door, saying. Lord, Lord, open unto us ; and he 
shaU answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are. 

16 : 26 And besides all this, between us and you there is a 
great gulf fixed : so that they which would pass from hence to 
you, cannot ; neither can they pass to us, that would come 
from thence. 

Rev. 22 : 11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and 
he which is filthy, let him be filthy still : and he that is righ- 
teous, let him be righteous still : and he that is holy, let him 
be holy still. 12 And behold, I come quickly ; and my reward 
is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. 
[See 477.] 

DEPRAVITY. 

148. Man made upright. 

Gen. 1 : 27 So God created man in his ovm image, in the 
image of God created he him; male and female created he 
them. 

Ec. 7 : 29 Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made 
man upright ; but they have sought out many inventions. 

149. Fall of man. 

Gen. 3 : 17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast 
hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the 
tree of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat 
of it : cursed is the ground for thy sake ; in sorrow shalt thou 
eat of it all the days of thy life ; 18 Thorns also and thistles 
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DEPRAVITY. 150 152 

Adam's Sin— Personal Guilt— Nature of. 

shall it bring forth to thee ; and thou shalt eat the herb of the 
field : 19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou 
return unto the ground ; for out of it wast thou taken : for dust 
thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. 
[See Angels Apostate, 11.] 

150. Consequences of Adam^s first sin. 

Rom. 5 : 12 Wherefore as by one man sin entered into the 
world, and death by sin ; and so death passed upon all men, 
for that all have sinned. 15 (But not as the offence, so also is 
the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, 
much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is 
by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many. 16 And 
not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift. For the judg- 
ment wa^ by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many 
offences unto justification. 17 For if by one man's offence 
death reigned by one ; much more they which receive abun- 
dance of grace, and of the gift of righteousness, shall reign in 
hfe by one, Jesus Christ.) 18 Therefore, as by the offence of 
one judgment came upon all men to condemnation, even so by 
the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto 
justification of Hfe. 19 For as by one man's disobedience 
many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall 
many be made righteous. 

1 Cor. 15 : 22 As in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall 
all be made alive. 

151. Personal guilt, the ground of punishment. 

Dt. 24 : 16 The fathers shall not be put to death for the chil- 
dren, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: 
every man shall be put to death for his own sin. 2 K. 14: 6. 

Ezk. 18:2 What mean ye, that ye use this proverb con- 
cerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour 
grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge ? 20 The soul 
that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity 
of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the 
son : the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and 
the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him. [ Jer. 31 : 29, 30."] 

152. Nature of moral depravity. 

Hos. 10 : 1 Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit 
unto himself. 

Col. 3 : 5 And covetousness, which is idolatry. 

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153, 154 DEPRAVITY. 

Law and Knowledge — ^Depravity universal. 

1 Jn. 5 : 17 All unrighteousness is sin. 
3 : 4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law 5 
for sin is the transgression of the law. 

153. Relation of law and knowledge to sin. 

Lk. 12 : 47 And that servant which knew his lord's will, and 
prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be 
beaten with many stripes. 48 But he that knew not. and did 
commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few 
stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be 
much required ; and to whom men have committed much, of 
him they will ask the more. 

Jn. 9 : 41 If ye were blind, ye should have no sin. 

15 : 22 If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had 
not had sin ; but now they have no cloak for their sin. 24 If 
I had not done among them the works which none other man 
did, they had not had sin : but now have they both seen, and 
hated both me and my Father. 

Ac. 17 : 30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at 
but now commandeth all men every where to repent. 

Rom. 4 : 15 Where no law is, there is no transgression. 

5 : 13 (For until the law, sin was in the world : but sin is 
not imputed when there is no law.) 

Jam. 4 : 17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and 
doeth it not, to him it is sin. 

2 Pet. 2:21 For it had been better for them not to have 
known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known 
it J to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. 

154. All persons morally depraved. 

Gen. 6 : 11 The earth also was corrupt before God ; and the 
earth was filled with violence. 12 And God looked upon the 
earth, and behold, it was corrupt: for all flesh had corrupted 
his way upon the earth. 

Job 15 : 16 How much more abominable and filthy is man, 
which drinketh iniquity like water 1 

Ps. 14 : 1 The fool hath said in his heart, TTiere is no God. 
They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is 
none that doeth good. 2 The Lord looked down from heaven 
upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did 
understand, and seek God. 3 They are all gone aside, they 
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DEPRAVITY. 155 



Native Depravity. 



are cdl together become filthy : there is none that doeth good, 
no, not one. 

Rom. 3 : 9 What then ? are we better than they ? No, in no 
wise : for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that 
they are all under sin ; 10 As it is written, There is none righ- 
teous, no, not one : 11 There is none that understandeth, there 
is none that seeketh after God. 12 They are all gone out of 
the way, they are together become unprofitable : there is none 
that doeth good, no, not one. 13 Their throat is an open sep- 
ulchre ; with their tongues they have used deceit ; the poison 
of asps is under their lips : 14 Whose mouth is full of cursing 
and bitterness. 15 Their feet are swift to shed blood. 16 De- 
struction and misery are in their ways : 17 And the way of 
peace have they not known. 18 There is no fear of God be- 
fore their eyes. 19 Now we know that what things soever the 
law saith, it saith to them who are under the law : that every 
mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty 
before God. 20 Therefore by the deeds of the law, there shall 
no flesh be justified in his sight. 

Gal. 3 : 21 If there had been a law given which could have 
given hfe, verily righteousness should have been by the law. 
22 But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the 
promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that 
believe. 

155. How early do mankind sin ? 

Job 11 : 12 For vain man would be wise, though man be 
born like a wild ass's colt. 

14 : 4 Who can bring a clean thing- out of an unclean ? not 
one. 

15 : 14 What is man, that he should be clean ? and he which 
is bom of a woman, that he should be righteous ? 

Ps. 51 : 5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity ; and in sin did 
my mother conceive me. 

58 : 3 The wicked are estranged from the womb : they go 
astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies. 

Pr. 22 : 15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child. 

Is. 48 : 8 I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously 
and wast called a transgressor from the womb. 

Jn. 3 : 6 That which is born of the flesh, is flesh ; and that 
which is born of the Spirit, is spirit. 

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156 DEPRAVITY, 



Total Sinfulness. 



Rom. 3 : 10 There is none righteous, no not one. 20 There- 
fore by the deeds of the law, there shall no flesh be justified in 
his sight. 23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory 
of God. 

5 : 12 Death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned. 
14 Death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that 
had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression. 

2 Cor. 5 : 14 If one died for all, then were all dead. 

Ep. 2 : 3 And were by nature the children of wrath, even as 
others. 

1 Tim. 2 : 6 Who gave himself a ransom for all. 

[See Children, 44.] 

156. Total sinfulness by nature. 

Gen. 6:5 And God saw that the wickedness of man was 
great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts 
of his heart was only evil continually. 

Ps. 5:9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their 
inward part is very wickedness ; their throat is an open sepul- 
chre ; they flatter with their tongue. 

Pr. 21 : 4 The ploughing of the wicked is sin. 

Ec. 8 : 11 Because sentence against an evil work is not exe- 
cuted speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully 
set in them to do evil. 

Rom. 6: 20 For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were 
free from righteousness. 

7 : 18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth 
no good thing. 

8 : 8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. 

1 Cor. 2 : 14 The natural man receiveth not the things of 
the Spirit of God : for they are foolishness unto him : neither 
can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 

2 Cor. 5 : 14 If one died for all, then were all dead. 

Ep. 2 : 1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in tres- 
passes and sins ; 2 Wherein in time past ye walked according 
to the course of this world, according to the prince of the 
power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of 
disobedience : 3 Among whom also we all had our conversa- 
tion in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires 
of the flesh and of the mind ; and were by nature the children 
of wrath, even as others. 12 That at that time ye were with- 
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Strength and Obstinacy of. 



out Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and 
strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and 
without God in the world. 

Col. 2 : 13 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncir- 
cumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened. 

1 Jn. 3 : 14 We know that we have passed from death unto 
life, because we love the brethren. [See 495.] 

157. Strength and obstinacy of human depravity. 

Ex. 32 : 9 And the Lord said unto Moses, I have seen this 
people, and behold, it is a stiff-necked people. Dt. 9 : 6, 13. 

Pr. 5 : 22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, 
and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins. 

27 : 22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar 
among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart 
from him. 

29 : 1 He that, being often reproved, hardeneth his neck, 
shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy. 

Ec. 9 : 3 This is an evil among all things that are done un- 
der the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the 
heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in 
their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead. 

Is. 48 : 4 Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy 
neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass. 

Jer. 2 : 22 Though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee 
much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the 
Lord God. 

3 : 5 Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou 
couldest. 

13 : 23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard 
his spots ? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to 
do evil. 

17 : 1 The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and 
with the point of a diamond : it is graven upon the table of 
their heart, and upon the horns of your altars. 9 The heart 
is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked : who can 
know it ? 

Mat. 17 : 17 Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and 
perverse generation, how long shall I be with you ? how long 
shall I suffer you ? 

23 : 33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye es- 
cape the damnation of hell ? 

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158, 159 DEPRAVITY FORMS 01*. 



Enmity against God— Disobedience. 



Jn. 8 : 44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of 
your father ye will do. 

Ac. 7:51 Ye stiff-necked, and uncircumcised in heart and 
ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost : as your fathers rfirf, 
so do ye. 

Rom. 1 : 28 And even as they did not hke to retain God in 
their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to 
do those things which are not convenient : 29 Being filled with 
all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, ma- 
liciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; 
whisperers, 30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, 
boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 
31 Without understanding, covenant-breakers, without nat- 
ural affection, implacable, unmerciful : 32 Who, knowing the 
judgment of God, that they which commit such things are 
worthy of death ; not only do the same, but have pleasure in 
them that do them. [See Custom, 128.] 

FORMS OF DEPRAVITY. 

158. Enmity against God, 

Job 21 : 14 Depart from us ; for we desire not the knowl- 
edge of thy ways. 

Ps. 14 : 1 The fool hath said in his heart. There is no God. 

36 : 1 The transgression of the wicked saith within my 
heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes. 

Is. 30 : 1 1 Cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from be- 
fore us. 

Jn. 7 : 7 The world cannot hate you ; but me it hateth, be- 
cause I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil. 

15 : 24 If I had not done among them the works which none 
other man did, they had not had sin : but now have they both 
seen, and hated both me and my Father. 25 But this comeih 
to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their 
law. They hated me without a cause. 

Rom. 1 : 30 Haters of God. 

8 : 7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God : for it 
is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. 

159. Disobedience to God. 

Ex. 5 : 2 And Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord, that I should 
obey his voice to let Israel go ? I know not the Lord, neither 
will I let Israel go. 
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DEPRAV7TY FORMS OP. {QQ 



Forgetfulness of God. 



Dt. 31 : 27 I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck : behold, 
while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebel- 
lious against the Lord ; and how much more after my death. 

Neh. 9 : 26 Nevertheless, they were disobedient, and rebelled 
against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy 
prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, 
and they wrought great provocations. 

Job 21 : 15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him ? 

Ps. 2 : 3 Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away 
their cords from us. 

SI : 11 But my people would not hearken to my voice ; and 
Israel would none of me. 12 So I gave them up unto their 
own hearts' lust : and they walked in their own counsels. 

Pr. 1 : 24 Because I have called and ye refused, I have 
stretched out my hand, and no man regarded ; 25 But ye have 
set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof 

Is. 1 : 2 I have nourished and brought up children, and they 
have rebelled against me. 

30 : 8 Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in 
a book, that it may be for -Jie time to come for ever and ever : 
9 That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that 
will not hear the law of the Lord. 

65 : 2 I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebel- 
lious people, which walketh in a way that was not good, after 
their own thoughts ; 3 A people that provoketh me to 'ano-er 
continually to my face. "^ 

Jer. 5:23 This people hath a revolting and a rebelhous 
heart ; they are revolted and gone. 

Ezk. 2 : 7 And thou shalt speak my words unto them, wheth- 
er they will hear, or whether they will forbear : for they are 
most rebellious. 8 But thou, son of man, hear what I say 
unto thee ; Be not thou rebellious like that rebelhous house. 

Zee. 7: 11 But they refused to hearken, and pulled away 
the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear. 
12 Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they 
should hear the law, and the words which the Lord of hosts 
hath sent in his Spirit by the former prophets. 
160. Forgetfulness of God. 

Dt. 32 : 18 Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, 
^nd hast forgotten God that formed thee. 19 And when the 
Lord saw it he abhorred them. 

141 



101 DEPRAVITY — ^FORMS OP. 



Works of Darkness. 



Jud. 3 : 7 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of 
the Lord, and forgat the Lord their God, and served Baalim, 
and the groves. 8 Therefore the anger of the Lord was hot 

against Israel. 

1 S. 12 : 9 And when they forgat the Lord their God, he 

sold them into the hand of Sisera. 

Ps. 9 : 17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the 
nations that forget God. 

10 : 4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, 
will not seek after God : God is not in all his thoughts. 

50 : 21 These things hast thou done, and I kept silence ; 
thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself : 
hut I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes. 
22 Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest 1 tear you in 
pieces, and there he none to deliver. 

106 : 21 They forgat God their savior, which had done great 
things in Egypt ; 22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and 
terrible things by the Red sea. 23 Therefore he said that he 
would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before 
him in the breach, to tarn away his wrath, lest he should de- 
stroy them. 

Jer. 2 : 32 Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her 

attire ? yet my people have forgotten me days without number. 

3 : 21 A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and 

supplications of the children of Israel : for they have perverted 

their way, and they have forgotten the Lord their God. 

Ezk. 22 : 12 Thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbors by 
extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord God. 
161. Works of darkness. 

Job 24 : 14 The murderer rising with the light killeth the 
poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief 15 The eye 
also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye 
shall see me : and disguiseth his face. 16 In the dark they 
di<T through houses, which they had marked for themselves m 
the day-time : they know not the light. 17 For the morning 
is to them even as the shadow of death : if om know them, 
they are in the terrors of the shadow of death. 

Pr. 7:6 For at the window of my house I looked through 
my casement, 7 And beheld among the simple ones, I dis- 
cerned among the youths, a young man void of understandmg, 
8 Passing through the street near her corner ; and he went 
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DEPRAVITY — FORMS OP. 162 



Sensuality. 



the way to her house, 9 In the twilight, in the evening, in the 
black and dark night. 

Is. 29 : 15 Wo unto them that seek deep to hide their coun- 
sel from the Lord, and their works are in the dark, and they 
eay, Who seeth us ? and who knoweth us ? 

Ezk. 8 : 12 Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou 
seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, 
every man in the chambers of his imagery ? for they say, The 
Lord seeth us not; the Lord hath forsaken the earth. 13 He 
said also unto me. Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see 
greater abominations that they do. 14 Then he brought me 
to the door of the gate of the Lord's house which was toward 
the north; and behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz. 
15 Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man ? 
turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations 
than these. 

Ep. 5 : 11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works 
of darkness, but rather reprove them. 12 For it is a shame 
even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret. 

162. Sensuality. 

Lev. 18 : 24 Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things : 
for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before 
you : 25 And the land is defiled : therefore I do visit the ini- 
quity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her in- 
habitants. 26 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my 
judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations ; 
neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourn- 
eth among you: 27 (For all these abominations have the men 
of the land done, which were before you, and the land is de- 
filed ;) 28 That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile 
it, as it spued out the nations that were before you. 

Ep. 2:3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in 
times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the 
flesh and of the mind ; and were by nature the children of 
wrath, even as others. 

Tit. 3:3 For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, dis- 
obedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, hving in 
maHce and envy, hateful, and hating one another. 

1 Pet. 4:3 For the time past of our life may suffice us to 
have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in la- 
sciviousness, lusts, excess of Avine, revellings, banquetings, and 

143 



163 DEPRAVITY— FORMS OP 



Ingratitude and Cruelty. 



abominable idolatries : 4 Wherein they think it strange that 
ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil 

of you. 

2 Pet. 1 : 4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and 
precious promises ; that by these ye might be partakers of the 
divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the 
world through lust. [See 194.] 

163. Ingratitude and cruelty. 

Gen. 40 : 23 Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, 
but forgat him. 

49 : 5 Simeon and Levi are brethren ; instruments of cruelty 
are in their habitations. 6 O my soul, come not thou into their 
secret ; unto their assembly, mine honor, be not thou united ! 
for in their anger they slew a man, and in their self-will they 
digged down a wall. 

Dt. 32 : 6 Do ye thus requite the Lord. O foolish people and 
unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he 
not made thee, and established thee ? 15 But Jeshurun waxed 
fat, and kicked : thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou 
art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made 
him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. 

Ps. 35 : ll False witnesses did rise up ; they laid to my 
charge things that I knew not. 12 They rewarded me evil for 
good to the spoiling of my soul. 13 But as for me, when they 
were sick, my clothing loas sackcloth : I humbled my soul with 
fasting ; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom. 14 1 
behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother : I 
bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother. 
15 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered them- 
selves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together 
against me, and I knew it not ; they did tear me, and ceased 
not: 16 With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed 
upon me with their teeth. 

41 : 9 Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, 
which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up Ats heel against me. 

74 : 20 Have respect unto the covenant : for the dark places 
of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty. 

Is. 1:2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth : for the 
Lord hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, 
and they have rebelled against me. [See 449, 565, 567, 596.] 
144 



DEPRAVITY FORMS OP. 164 165 



Stupidity— Voluntary Ignorance. 



164. Stupidity. 

Ps. 94 : 5 They break in pieces thy people, O Lord, and af- 
flict thine heritage. 6 They slay the widow and the stranger, 
and murder the fatherless. 7 Yet they say, The Lord shaU 
not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it. 8 Understand, 
ye brutish among the people : and ye fools, when will ye be 
wise? 

Pr. 6 : 9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard ? when wilt 
thou arise out of thy sleep 1 

Is. 1 : 3 The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's 
crib : hut Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider. 

5 : 12 And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and 
wine, are in their feasts : but they regard not the work of the 
Lord, neither consider the operation of his hands. 13 Therefore 
my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowl- 
edge. 

Jer. 4 : 22 For my people is foolish, they have not known 
me ; they are sottish children, and they have none understands 
ing : they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no 
knowledge. 

8:7 Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed 
times ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe 
the time of their coming ; but nay people know not the judg- 
ment of the Lord. 

Hos. 7:11 Ephraim dleo is like a silly dove without heart 

Ep. 4:19 Who, being past ^eeling^ have given themselves 
over unto lasciviou^sness, to work all uncleanness with greedi- 
ness. 

165. VoJuntary ignorance, blindness^ and delusion. 

Job 5: 14 They meet with darkness in the day-time, and 
gvojpe in the noon-day as in the night. 

12 : 25 They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh 
them to stagger like a drunken man. 

21 : 13 They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment 
go down to the grave. 14 Therefore they say unto God, De- 
part from us ; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. 

Ps. 50 : 16 But unto the wicked God saith. What hast thou 
to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my 
covenant in thy mouth ? 17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, 
and castest my words behind thee. 

13 145 



165 DEPRAVITY FORMS OF. 



Voluntary Ignorance. 



Ps. 58 : 4 They are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear ; 
5 Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming 
never so wisely. 

82 : 5 They know not, neither will they understand : they 
walk on in darkness : all the foundations of the earth are out 
of course. 

Pr. 1 : 22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity ? 
^nd the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate 
knowledge ? 29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not 
choose 5ie fear of the Lord : 30 They would none of my 
counsel : they despised all my reproof. 

4 : 19 The way of the wicked is as darkness : they know not 
at what they stumble. 

Is. 30 : 8 Now go, write it before them in a table, and note 
it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and 
ever : 9 That this is a rebellious people, lying children, chil- 
dren that will not hear the law of the Lord : 10 Which say 
to the seers, See not ; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto 
us right things, epeak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits : 
11 Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause 
the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us. 

Jer. 17 : 23 They obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but 
made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive in- 
struction. 

32 : 33 And they have turned unto me the back, and not the 
face : though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them^ 
yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction. 

Jn. 3 : 19 And this is the condemnation, tha.t light is come 
into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, be- 
cause their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil 
hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds 
should be reproved. 

17 : 25 O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee. 
Ac. 26 : 17 Delivering thee from the people, and from the 
Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee, 18 To open their eyes, 
and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power 
of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, 
and inheritance among them which are sanctified by fiiith that 

is in me. r. •, * 

Rom. 1:21 Because that when they knew God, they glorified 
him not as God, neither were thankful, but became vain in 
146 



DEPRAVITY FORMS OP. {QQ 



Deceit and Hypocrisy. 



their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened 
28 And even as they did not hke to retain God in their knowl- 
edge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those 
thmgs which are not convenient. ^ 

1 Cor. 2: 14 The natural man receiveth not the thino-s of 
the Spirit of God : for they are foolishness unto him : neither 
can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 

Ep. 4: 18 Having the understanding darkened, being alien- 
ated from the hfe of God through the ignorance that is in them, 
because of the blindness of their heart. 

1 Jn. 4 : 8 He that loveth not, knoweth not God : for God is 
love. 

166. Deceit and hypocrisy. 

fo* l^'^u ^'' "'''''*^ '" ^''" ^^ ^"'•"^"^ ^^'l deceit and fraud. 
lj:d 1 hey speak vanity every one with his neighbor: with 
flattering hps a7id with a double heart do they speak. 
28 : 3 Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the 

Pr. 11 : IS The wicked worketh a deceitful work. 
12 : 5 The counsels of the wicked are deceit 
20 : 14 It is naught, it is naught saith the buyer : but when 
he is gone his way, then he boasteth. 

him 'ntt' 20 He feedeth on ashes : a deceived heart hath turned 
him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not 
a he m my right hand '? ^' ^/'^e/e not 

me with ''l!^ Her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto 
me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the Lord. 

8.5 They ho d fast deceit, they refuse to return. 

9 : 2 Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging-place of wav- 

t'tLv T ' T I T^-^'' ''^^' "^ p^^p^^' -^ ^' fr- the- .' 

3 a1^ th >f\f 1"^'''''^^' ^" ^-embly of treacherous men. 
3 And they bend their tongues like their bow/or hes : but thev 

are not valiant for the truth upon the earth ; for they pro ee^ 

from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the Lord. 4 Take 

ye heed every one of his neighbor, and trust ye not in any bro- 

will walk with slanders. 5 And they will deceive every one his 



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IQQ DEPRAVITY — ^FORMS OP. 



Deceit and Hypocrisy. 



neighbor, and will not speak the truth : they have taught their 
tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity. 
6 Thine habitation i5 in the midst of deceit ; through deceit 
they refuse to know me, saith the Lord. 8 Their tongue is as 
* an arrow shot out ; it speaketh deceit : one speaketh peace- 
ably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in heart he layeth 

his wait. 

Jer. 17 : 9 The heart is deceitful above all things^ and des- 
perately wicked : who can know it ? 

Ezk. 33 : 30 Also, thou son of man, the children of thy 
people still are talking against thee by the walls and in the 
doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his 
brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word 
that Cometh forth from the Lord. 31 And they come unto 
thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my 
people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them : 
for with their mouth they shew much love, hat their heart go- 
eth after their covetousness. 

Hos. 11 : 12 Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and 
the house of Israel with deceit. 

Mat. 23 : 23 Wo unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! 
for ye pay tithe of mint, and anise, and cummin, and have 
omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and 
faith : these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other 
undone. 24 Ye bhnd guides, which strain at a gnat, and 
swallow a camel. 25 Wo unto you, scribes and Pharisees, 
hypocrites ! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and 
of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess. 

Mat. 23. 4—30. 

Rom. 1 : 29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornica- 
tion, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness ; full of envy^ 
murder, debate, deceit, malignity ; whisperers, 30 Backbiters. 

16 : 18 For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus 
Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair 
speeches deceive the hearts of the simple. 

2 Cor. 11 : 13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, 
transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. 14 And 
no marvel "for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of 
light. 15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also 
be transformed as the ministers of righteousness. 

Ep. 4: 14 Be no more children, tossed to and fro, and car- 
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DEPRAVITY rORMS OP. 167 



Marks of Hypocrisy. 



ried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, 
and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive. ' 

2 Tim. 3:13 Evil men and seducers shall wax worse and 
worse, deceiving, and being deceived. 

Heb. 3 : 13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called 
To-day ; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitful- 
ness of sin. 

2 Jn. 7 Many deceivers are entered into the world. 

Rev. 18 : 23 By thy sorceries were all nations deceived* 

167. Examples and marks of hypocrisy. 

2 S. 15 : 5 And it was so, that when any man came nigh to 
him to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took him, 
and kissed him. 6 And on this manner did Absalom to all 
Israel that came to the king for judgment: so Absalom stole 
the hearts of the men of Israel. 

2 K. 10 : 16 Come with me, and see my zeal for the Lord. 

Job 9 : 20 If I justify myself; mine own mouth shall condemn 
me : If I say, lam perfect, it shall also prove me perverse. 

Pr. 20 : 6 Most men will proclaim every one his own o-ood- 
ness : but a faithful man who can find ? '^ 

30 : 12 There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes 
and yet is not washed from their filthiness. ' 

Is. 66 : 5 Hear the word of the Lord, ye that tremble at his 
word ; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my 
name's sake, said. Let the Lord be glorified : but he shall ap- 
pear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed. 

Mat. 23 : 14 Ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence 

make long prayer. 23 Ye pay tithe of mint, and anise, and 

cummm, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law 

judgment, mercy and faith. ' 

26 : 48 Now, he that betrayed him, gave them a sign, say- 

fo^\ . T"''^''^' ^ '^^" ^^''' ^^^^ "^"^^ ^« he ; hold him fast. 
49 And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, Master: 
and kissed him. 

Lk 18 : 11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with him- 
self, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are extor- 
tioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. 12 I fast 
twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess. 

Rom. 16 : 18 By good words and fair speeches deceive the 
hearts of the simple. 

S3* For other forms of human depravity, gee PHde Ffef- 

13* 149 



1 68 — 1 70 DEPRAVITY, DESPONDENCY. 

— ■ - ■ ■ I , . — ■ ■ ■ — 

Restraints removed — Identity of Human Nature — Despondency reproved. 

tery, Slander, Intemperance, Swearing, Idolatry, Lying, Steal- 
ing, Lewdness, Slavery and Oppression, Persecution, War. 

168. Removing restraints develops human depravity. 

Ex. 32 : 22 And Aaron said. Let not the anger of my lord 
wax hot : thou knowest the people, that they are set on mis- 
chief. 23 For they said unto me, Make us gods which shall 
go before us : for as for this Moses, the man that brought us 
up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not v/hat is become of him. 

2 K. 8:12 And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord ? And 
he answered. Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto 
tlie children of Israel : their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, 
and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt 
dash their children, and rip up their women with child. 
13 And Hazael said. But what ! is thy servant a dog, that he 
should do this great thing? And Elisha answered. The Lord 
hath shewed me that thou shalt be king over Syria. 

Ec. 8:11 Because sentence against an evil work is not ex- 
ecuted speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully 
set in them to do evil. 



169. Human nature essentially the same. 
Pr. 27 : 19 A 
of man to man. 



Pr. 27 : 19 As in water face answereth to face, so the heart 



DESPONDENCY. 

170. Despondency exemplified and reproved. 

Gen. 37 : 34 And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth 
upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days. 35 And 
all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him ; but 
he refused to be comforted ; and he said. For I will go down 
into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept 
for him. 

Pr. 12 : 25 Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop : 
but a good word maketh it glad. 

Is. 40 : 27 Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Is- 
rael, My way is hid from the Lord, and my judgment is passed 
over from my God ? 28 Hast thou not known ? hast thou not 
heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the 
ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary ? there is no 
Bcarching of his understanding. 29 He giveth power to the 
famt ; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. 
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DILIGENCE. 171 

Required and encouraged. 



DILIGENCE. 

171. Diligence required and encouraged. 

Ex. 20 : 9 Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work. 

2 Ch. 31 : 21 And in every work that he began in the ser- 
vice of the house of God, and in the law, and in the command- 
ments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and pros- 
pered. 

Pr. 10:4 He becometh poor that dealeth u-zV/i, a slack hand: 
but the hand of the diligent maketh rich. 5 He that gather- 
eth in summer is a wise son : hut he that sleepeth in harvest 
ts a son that causeth shame. 

12 : 24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule : but the 
slothful shall be under tribute. 

13 : 4 The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing : 
but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat. 

22:29 Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall 
stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men. 

2B : 19 He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread : 
but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty 
enough. 

Ec. 5 : 12 The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he 
eat little or much. 

9 : 10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy 
might, for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor 
wisdom, in the grave, Avhither thou goest. 

Rom. 2 : 7 To them who by patient continuance in well-do- 
ing, seek for glory, and honor, and immortahty ; eternal life. 
11 Not slothful in busuiess ; fervent in spirit ; serving the Lord. 

Gal. 4 : 18 But it is good to be zealously affected always in 
a good thing, and not only when I am present with you. 

Ep. 4 : 2S Let him that stole, steal no more : but rather let 
hmi labor, working with his hands the thing which is good, 
that he may have to give to him that needeth. 

Ph. 3 : 13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: 
but this one thing / do, forgetting those things wliich are be- 
hind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, 
14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of 
God in Christ Jesus. 

Col. 1 : 10 Walk worthy of tlie Lord unto all pleasing, being 
fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge 
of God. 

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7[72 DRESS. 

Dress and Conformity to the World. 



1 Th. 4 : 11 And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your 
own business, and to work with your own hands, as we com- 
manded you ; 12 That ye may walk honestly toward them that 
are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing. 

1 Tim. 5 : 8 But if any provide not for his own, and espe- 
cially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and 
is worse than an infidel. 

Tit. 2 : 14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem 
us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, 
zealous of good works. 

DRESS. 

172. Dress and conformity to the world. 

Is. 3 : 16 Moreover the Lord saith. Because the daughters 
of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and 
wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a 
tinkling with'their feet : 17 Therefore the Lord will smite with 
a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and 
the Lord will discover their secret parts. 18 In that day the 
Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments 
about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires like the 
moon, 19 The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers, 
:30 The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the head- 
bands, and the tablets, and the ear-rings, 21 The rings, and 
'lose-jewels, 22 The changeable suits of apparel, and the 
mantles, and the wimples, and the crisping-pins, 23 The 
glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails. 
24 And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there 
shall be stink ; and instead of a girdle a rent ; and instead of 
well set hair baldness ; and instead of a stomacher a girding 
of sackcloth: awcZ burning instead of beauty. 

Rom. 12 : 2 And be not conformed to this world : but be ye 
transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove 
what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God. 

1 Tim. 2 : 9 In like manner also, that women adorn them- 
selves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety ; 
not with broidered hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array, 
10 But (which becometh women professing godliness) with 

good works. 

1 Pet. 3:3 Whose adorning let it not be that outward 
adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of 
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ENVY TERROR. 178, 174 



Envy to be avoided — Error destructive. 



pVLtting on of apparel ; 4 But let it be the hidden man of the 
heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a 
meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great 
price. For after this manner in the old time the holy women 
also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjec- 
tion unto their own husbands. 

ENVY. 

173. Envy to be avoided. 

Job 5 : 2 For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth 
the silly one. 

Ps. 37 : 1 Fret not thyself because of evil doers, neither be 
thou envious against the workers of iniquity. 2 For they shall 
soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb. 

Pr. 3:31 Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of 
his ways. 

14 : 30 A sound heart is the life of the flesh, but envy the 
rottenness of the bones. 

23 : 17 Let not thy heart envy sinners. 

24 : 1 Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to 
be with them : 2 For their heart studieth destruction, and their 
lips talk of mischief 19 Fret not thyself because of evil mew, 
neither be thou envious at the wicked ; 20 For there shall be 
no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be 
put out. 

27 : 4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous ; but who is 
able to stand before envy ? 

Rom. 13 : 13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day : not in 
rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, 
not in strife and envying. 

Jam. 3 : 14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your 
hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. 15 This wis- 
dom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devihsh. 
16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and 
every evil work. 

ERROR. 

174. Error the Tneans of corruption and destruction. 

Pr. 19 : 27 Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth 
to err from the words of knowledge. 
Mat. 16 : 12 Then understood they how that he bade them 

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175, 176 ERROR. 



Designed to try us — ^Errorists. 



not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the 
Pharisees and of the Sadducees. 

1 Cor. 15 : 33 Be not deceived : Evil corAmunications cor- 
rupt good manners. 

Gal 1:61 marvel that ye are so soon removed from him 
that called you into the grace of Christ, unto another gospel : 
7 Which is not another ; but there be some that trouble you, 
and would pervert the gospel of Christ. 

5 : 9 A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump. 

2 Tim. 2 : 16 But shun profane and vain babblings : for they 
will increase unto more ungodliness. 17 And their word will 
eat as doth a canker : of whom is Hymeneus and Philetus ; 
18 Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the 
resurrection is past already, and overthrow the faith of some. 

2 Pet. 2 : 1 But there were false prophets also among the 
people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who 
privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the 
Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift de- 
struction. 

175. Heresies and errors designed and adapted to try man- 
kind. 

Dt. 13 : 1 If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer 
of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, 2 And the 
sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, 
saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, 
and let us serve them ; 3 Thou shalt not hearken unto the 
words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams : for the 
Lord your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the 
Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul. 

1 Cor. 11 : 19 For there must be also heresies among you, 
that they which are approved may be made manifest among 
you. 

176. Errorists not to befellowshipped. 

Gal. 1 : 8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach 
any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached 
unto you, let him be accursed. 9 As we said before, so say I 
now again. If any m^n preach any other gospel unto you than 
that ye have received, let him be accursed. 

Tit. 3 : 10 A man that is an heretic, after the first and second 
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EXAMPLE. 177, 178 

Good Example — Bad Example. 



admonition, reject; 11 Knowing that he that is such, is sub- 
verted, and sinneth, being condemned of himself. 
[See 102, and 415.] 

EXAMPLE. 

177. Good examples required. 

Mat. 5 : 16 Let your light so shine before men, that they 
may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in 
heaven. 

Col. 4 : 5 Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, re- 
deeming the time. 

1 Tim. 4 : 12 Let no man despise thy youth ; but be thou an 
example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, 
in spirit, in faith, in purity. 

Tit 2 : 7 In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good 
works : in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity, 
8 Sound speech that cannot be condemned ; that he that is of 
the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to 
say of you. 

178. Good examples to he followed — Bad ones to be avoided. 
Ex. 23 : 2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil. 
Mat. 23 : 3 All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, 

tliat observe and do : but do not ye after their works : for they 
say, and do not. 

Rom. 12 : 2 And be not conformed to this world : but be ye 
transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove 
what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God. 

1 Cor. 11 : 1 Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of 
Christ. 

Ph. 3 : 17 Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark 
them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample. 

Heb. 6 : 12 That ye be not slothful, but followers of them 
who through faith and patience inherit the promises. 

13 : 7 Remember them which have the rule over you, who 
have spoken unto you the word of God : whose faith follow, 
considering the end of their conversation. , 

Jam. 5 : 10 Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken 
in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction 
and of patience. 

1 Pet. 2 : 21 For even hereunto were ye called : because 

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17^ ^^181 EXTRAVAGANCE FAITH. 

Extravagance Sinful— Nature of Faith— Necessity of. 



Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should 
allow his steps. 

3 Jn. 11 Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which 
is good. [See 48, Christ's Example.] 

EXTRAVAGANCE. 

179. Extravagance and prodigality sinful. 

'Lk. 15:13 And not many days after, the younger son 
gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, 
and there wasted his substance with riotous living. 17 And 
when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants 
6f my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish 
with hunger ! 18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say 
imto him,*Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before 
thee. [See Dress, 172.'] 

FAITH. 

ISO. Nature of true faith. 

Rom. 10 : 9 If thou shalt confess with thy month the Lord 
Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised 
him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10 For with the 
neart, man believeth unto righteousness ; and with the mouth, 
confession is made unto salvation. 11 For the scripture saith, 
Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. 

Heb. 11 : 1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, 
and the evidence of things not seen. 

181. Faith in Christy and belief of the truth, necessary to sal- 
vation. 

Mk. 16 : 15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, 
and preach the gospel to every creature. 16 He that believeth 
and is baptized, shall be saved ; but he that believeth not, shall 
be damned. 

Jn. 1 : 12 As many as received him, to them gave he power 
to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his 



*5 

iiame. 



3 : 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only be- 
gotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him, should not perish, 
but have everlasting life. 36 He that believeth on the Son 
hath everlasting life : and he that believeth not the Son, shall 
not see life ; but the wrath of God abideth on him. 
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FAITH. ,. 181 

Necessity of. 



6 : 28 Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we 
might work the works of God ? 29 Jesus answered and said 
unto them, This is the work of God. that ye believe on him 
whom he hath sent. 40 This is the will of him that sent me, 
that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may 
have everlasting life : and I will raise him up at the last day. 

8 : 24 If ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your 
sins. 44 Ye are of yowr father the devil, and the lusts of your 
father ye will do : he was a murderer from the beginning, and 
abode not in the truth: because there is no truth in him. 
47 He that is of God, heareth God's words : ye therefore hear 
them not, because ye are not of God. 

11 : 25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the 
lifG, : he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall 
he live : 26 And whosoever liveth, and believeth in me, shall 
never die. 

Ac. 10 : 43 To him give all the prophets witness, that through 
his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission 
of sins. 

16 : 31 Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be 
saved, and thy house. 

Rom. 4 : 5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on 
him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righte- 
ousness. 

10 : 4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to 
every one that believeth. 

Gal. 2 : 16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works 
of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have be- 
lieved in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith 
of Christ, and not by the works of the law : for by the works 
of the law shall no flesh be justified. 

2 Th. 2 : 10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness 
in them that perish ; because they received not the love of the 
truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this cause God 
shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie : 
12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, 
but had pleasure in unrighteousness. 

Heb. 11:6 Without faith it is impossible to please him : for 
he that cometh to God must beheve that he is, and that he is 
a rewarder of them that dihgently seek him. 

1 Jn. 2 : 23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not 

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182 FAITH. 

Examples. 

the Father : {but he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Fa- 
ther also.'] 

IJn. 5 : 10 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the wit- 
ness in himself: he that believeth not God, hath made him a 
liar, because he believeth not the record that God gave of his 
Son. 11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us 
eternal life : and this hfe is in his Son. 12 He that hath the 
Son, hath hfe ; and he that hath not the Son of God, hath not 
hfe. 13 These things have I written unto you that beheve on 
the name of the Son of God ; that ye may know that ye have 
eternal life and that ye may beheve on the name of the Son 

of God. 

2 Jn. 9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the 
doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doc- 
trine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son. 10 If 
there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive 
him not into your house, neither bid him God speed: 11 For 
he that biddeth him God speed, is partaker of his evil deeds. 

3 Jn. 4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children 
walk in truth. 

182. Examples, effects, and evidence of faith. 

Rom. 4 : 20 He [Abraham] staggered not at the promise of 
God through unbehef ; but was strong in faith, giving glory to 
God ; 21 And being fully persuaded, that what he had prom- 
ised, he was able also to perform. 

2 Cor. 5 : 7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight :) 8 We are 
confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, 
and to be present with the Lord. 

Gal. 2 : 20 I am crucified with Christ : nevertheless, I live ; 
yet not 1, but Christ liveth in me : and the hfe which I now 
hve in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God, who 
loved me, and gave himself for me. 

Heb. 11:7 By faith Noah, being warned of God of things 
not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving 
of his house ; by the which he condemned the world, and be- 
came heir of the righteousness which is by faith. 8 By faith 
Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which 
he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed ; and he went 
out not knowing whither he went. 9 By faith he sojourned in 
the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tab- 
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FAITH. 183 

Effects and Evidence of— Strong Faith required. 

ernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same 
promise : 10 For he looked for a city which hath foundations, 
whose builder and maker is God. 13 These all died in faith, 
not having received the promises, but having seen them afar 
off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and con- 
fessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. 

Effects. 
Heb. 11 : 32 And what shall I more say ? for the time would 
fail me to tell of Gedeon, and o/" Barak, and q/" Samson, and of 
Jephthae, of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets : 

33 Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righte- 
ousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, 

34 Q,uenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the 
sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in 
fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens. [See the whole 
chapter.] 

1 Pet. 1 : 8 Whom having not seen, ye love ; in whom, 
though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy 
unspeakable, and full of glory : 9 Receiving the end of your 
faith, even the salvation of your souls. 

1 Jn. 5 : 4 For whatsoever is born of God, overcometh the 
world : and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even 
our faith. 5 Who is he that overcometh the world, but he 
that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God ? 

Evidence. 
Jam. 2 : 14 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man 
Bay he hath faith, and have not works 1 can faith save him ? 

15 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, 

16 And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye 
warmed and filled notwithstanding ye give them not those 
tilings which are needful to the body: what doth it profit? 

17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. 

18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and 1 have works : 
shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee 
my faith by my works. 

183. Strength of faith and stability required. 

1 Cor. 15 : 58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stead- 
fast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, 

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183 FAITH. 

Strong Faith required. 



forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the 
Lord. 

1 Cor. 16 : 13 Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like 
men, be strong. 

Ep. 6 : 10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and 
in the power of his might. 11 Put on the whole armor of God, 
that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 

12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against 
principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the dark- 
ness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. 

13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that 
ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done 
all, to stand. 

Ph. 1 : 27 Only let your conversation be as it becometh the 
gospel of Christ : that whether I come and see you. or else be 
absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one 
spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the 
gospel : 28 And in nothing terrified by your adversaries. 

Col. 1 : 21 And you, that were sometime ahenated and ene- 
mies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he recon- 
ciled, 22 In the body of his flesh through death, to present 
you holy, and unblamable, and unreprovable, in his sight : 
23 If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not 
moved away from the hope of the gospel. 

2 : 5 For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with 
you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the 
steadfastness of your faith in Christ. 6 As ye have therefore 
received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him : 7 Rooted 
and built up in him, and stabhshed in the faith, as ye have been 
taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. 

2 Tim. 1 : 13 Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou 
hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. 

Heb. 10 : 23 Let us hold fast the profession of owr faith with- 
out wavering ; for he is faithful that promised. 

1 Pet. 5 : 8 Be sober, be vigilant ; because your adversary 
the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he 
may devour : 9 Whom resist steadfast in the faith, knowing 
that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren 
that are in the world. 

2 Pet. 3 : 17 Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these 

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FAITH. 184, 185 

Contending for— Faith of Miracles. 



things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the 
error of the wicked, fall from your own steadfastness. 

184. Contending for the faith. 

Ph. 1 : 27 Stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving 
together for the faith of the gospel, 

Jude 3 Earnestly contend for the faith which was once 
delivered unto the saints. 

185. Faith of miracles^ and the peculiar promises to it. 
Mat. 14 : 29 And when Peter was come down out of the 

ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus. 30 But when 
he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid ; and beginning to 
sink, he cried, saying. Lord, save me. 31 And immediately 
Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto 
him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt? 

21 : 20 And when the disciples saw zY, they marvelled, say- 
ing, How soon is the fig-tree withered away ! 21 Jesus an- 
swered and said unto them, Verily, I say unto you. If ye have 
faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to 
the fig-tree, but also, if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou 
removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done. 
22 And all things whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, behev- 
ing, ye shall receive. 

Mk. 11 : 23 For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall 
say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into 
the sea ; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe 
that those things which he saith shall come to pass -, he shall 
have whatsoever he saith. 24 Therefore I say unto you, 
What things soever ye desire when ye pray, believe that ye 
receive theyn, and ye shall have them. 

16 : 17 And these signs shall follow them that believe : In 
my name shall they cast out devils ; they shall speak with 
new tongues : 18 They shall take up serpents ; and if they 
drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them ; they shall lay 
hands on the sick, and they shall recover. 

Jn. 14 : 12 Verily, verily, I say unto you. He that believeth 
on me, the works that I do shaU he do also ; and greater 
works than these shall he do ; because I go unto my Father. 
13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do 
that the Father may be glorified in the Son. ' 

Jam. 5 ; 14 Is any sick among you ? let him call for the el- 

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186, 187 FAITH. 



Of Miracles— Spurious Faith. 



ders of the church ; and let them pray over him, anointing him 
with oil in the name of the Lord : 15 And the prayer of faith 
Bhall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up ; and if he 
have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. 

186. Was thefailh of miracles saving faith 7 

Mat. 7 : 22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, 
have we not prophesied in thy name ? and in thy name have 
cast out devils ? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you : de- 
part from me, ye that work iniquity. 

1 Cor. 13:1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and 
of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding 
brass, or a tinkling cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift of 
prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; 
and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, 
and have not charity, I am nothing. 

2 Pet. 2 : 15 Which have forsaken the right way, and are 
gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, 
who loved the wages of unrighteousness ; 16 But was rebuked 
for his iniquity : the dumb ass, speaking with man's voice, for- 
bade the madness of the prophet. 17 These are wells with- 
out water, clouds that are carried with a tempest ; to whom 
the mist of darkness is reserved for ever. 

187. Spurious faith^ and formality. 

Ac. 8 : 13 Then Simon himself believed also : and when he 
was baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, behold- 
ing the miracles and signs which were done. 21 Thou hast 
neither part nor lot in this matter : for thy heart is not right 
in the sight of God. 37 If thou believest with all thy heart, 
thou mayest. 

1 Cor. 7: 19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is 
nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God. 

Gal. 5 : 6 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth 
any thing, nor uncircumcision ; but faith which worketh by love. 

2 Tim. 3:5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the 
power thereof: from such turn away. 

Jam. 2 : 19 Thou believest that there is one God ; thou doest 
well : the devils also believe, and tremble. 
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Directions for — Fasting exemplified. 



FASTING. 

188. Directions for fasting. 

Is. 58 : 4 Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite 
with the fist of wickedness : ye shall not fast as ye do this day, 
to make your voice to be heard on high. 5 Is it such a fast 
that I have chosen ? a day for a man to afflict his soul ? is it 
to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth 
and ashes under him 7 wilt thou call this a fast, and an accept- 
able day to the Lord ? 6 /s not this the fast that I have cho- 
sen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the hea\'y bur- 
dens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every 
yoke ? 1 Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that 
thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house ? when thou 
seest the naked, that thou cover him ; and that thou hide not 
thyself from thine own flesh ? 

Mat. 6 : 16 Moreover, when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, 
of a sad countenance : for they disfigure their faces, that they 
may appear unto men to fast. Verily, I say unto you. They 
have their reward. 17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint 
thine head, and wash thy face ; 18 That thou appear not unto 
men, to fast, but unto thy Father, which is in secret : and thy 
Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly. 

9 : 15 And Jesus said unto them. Can the children of the 
bride-chamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them ? 
but the days will come, when the bride-groom shall be taken 
from them, and then shall they fast. 

189. Fasting exemplified. 

Ezra 8 : 21 Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of 
Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek 
of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all 
our substance. 22 For I was ashamed to require of the king 
a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy 
in the way : because we had spoken unto the king, saying, 
The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him ; 
but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake 
him. 23 So we fasted and besought our God for this : and he 
was entreated of us. 

Dan. 9 : 3 And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by 
prayer and suppUcations, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes. 

Jonah 3 : 5 So the people of Nineveh believed God, andpro- 

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Female Industry. 



claimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them 
even to the least of them. 6 For word came nnto the king of 
Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe 
from him, and covered him with sackcloth, a ad sat in ashes. 
7 And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through 
Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let 
neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing : let them 
not feed, nor drink water : 8 But let man and beast be covered 
with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God : yea, let them turn 
every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in 
their hands. 9 Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and 
turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not ? 10 And 
God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way ; 
and God repented of the evil that he had said that he would 
do unto them ; and he did it not. 

Mat. 4 : 1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wil- 
derness, to be tempted of the devil. 2 And when he had 
fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterwards an hun- 
gered. 

Lk. 2 : 37 She was a widow of about four score and four 
years, which departed not from the temple, but served God 
with fastings and prayers night and day. 

Ac. 10 : 30 And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting 
unto this hour ; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, 
and behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing, 31 And 
said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard. 

~ 13 : 2 As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy 
Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul, for the work 
whereunto I have called them. 3 And when they had fasted 
and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away. 

14:23 And when they had ordained them elders in every 
church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them 
to the Lord. 

2 Cor. 6 : 5 In labors, in watchings, in fastings. 

11 : 27 In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in 
hunger and thirst, in fastings often. 

FEMALES. 

190. Female industry and enterprise. 

Pr. 31 : 13 She eeeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly 
with her hands. 14 She is like the merchants' ships ; she 
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Female Sympathy and Kindness— Female Subordination. 



bringeth her food from afar. 15 She riseth also while it is yet 
night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her 
maidens. 16 She considereth a field, and buyeth it : with the 
fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard. 17 She girdeth 
her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms. 18 She 
perceiveth that her merchandise is good : her candle goeth not 
out by night. 19 She layeth her hands to the spindle, and 
her hands hold the distaff. 21 She is not afraid of the snow 
for her household : for all her household are clothed with scar- 
let. 22 She maketh herself coverings of tapestry ; her cloth- 
ing is silk and purple. 23 Her husband is known in the gates, 
when he sitteth among the elders of the land. 24 She maketh 
fine linen, and selleth it; and deUvereth girdles unto the mer- 
chant. 25 Strength and honor are her clothmg; and she 
shall rejoice in time to come. 

191. Female piety, sympathy, and kindness. 

Pr. 31 : 20 She stretcheth out her hand to tlie poor ; yea, she 
reacheth forth her hands to the needy. 26 She openeth her 
mouth with wisdom ; and in her tongue is the law of kindness. 
27 She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth 
not the bread of idleness. 28 Her children arise up, and caU 
her blessed ; her husband also, and he praiseth her. 

Mat. 27 : 55 And many women were there (beholding afar 
off) which followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him : 
56 Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother 
of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's children. 

Mk. 12 : 43 And he called unto him his disciples, and saith 
unto them. Verily, I say unto you, That this poor widow hath 
cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury. 
44 For all they did cast in of their abundance : but she of her 
want did cast in all that she had, even all her living. 

Lk. 24 : 1 Now upon the first day of the week, very early in 
the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices 
which they had prepared, and certain others with them. 10 It 
was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of 
James, and other women that were with them. 

192. Female subordination. 

Gen. 3 : 16 And thy desire .shall he to thy husband, and he 
shall rule over thee. 

Num. 30 : 13 Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict 

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Female Subordination. 



the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may 
make it void. 

1 Cor. 11 : 3 But I would have you know, that the head of 
every man is Christ ; and the head of the woman is the man ; 
and the head of Christ is God. 4 Every man praying or 
prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoreth his head. 
5 But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with Jier head 
uncovered, dishonoreth her head : for that is even all one as 
if she were shaven. 6 For if the woman be not covered, let 
her also be shorn : but if it be a shame for a woman to be 
shorn or shaven, let her be covered. 7 For a man indeed 
ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and 
glory of God : but the woman is the glory of the man. 8 For 
the man is not of the woman, but the woman of the man. 
9 Neither was the man created for the woman, but the woman 
for the man. 13 Judge in yourselves : Is it comely that a 
woman pray unto God uncovered ? 14 Doth not even nature 
itself teach you, that if a man have long hair, it is a shame 
unto him ? 15 But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to 
her : for her hair is given her for a covering. 

14 : 34 Let your women keep silence in the churches ; for it 
is not permitted unto them to speak : but they are commanded 
to be under obedience, as also saith the law. 35 And if they 
will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home ; for 
it is a shame for women to speak in the church. 

Ep. 5 : 22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husband's, 
as unto the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife, 
even as Christ is the head of the church : and he is the Sa- 
vior of the body. 24 Therefore as the church is subject unto 
Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing. 

Col. 3 : 18 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own hus- 
bands, as it is fit in the Lord. 

1 Tim. 2:11 Let the woman learn in silence with all subjec- 
tion. 12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp au- 
thority over the man, but to be in silence. 13 For Adam was 
first formed, then Eve. 

1 Pet. 3 : 1 Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own 
husbands ; that, if any obey not the word, they also may with- 
out the word be won by the conversation of the wives ; 
2 While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with 
fear. 6 Even as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord : 
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Common and Dangerous. 



whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not 
afraid with any amazement. 7 Likewise, ye husbands, dwell 
with them according to knowledge, giving honor unto the wife, 
as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the 
grace of hfe ; that your prayers be not hindered. 

FLATTERY. 
193. Flattery a common and dangerous sin. 

Job 17 : 5 He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the 
eyes of his children shall fail. 

32:21 Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, 
neither let me give flattering titles unto man. 22 For I know 
not to give flattering titles ; in so doing my Maker would soon 
Jake me away. 

Ps. 5 : 9 For tJiere is no faithfulness in their mouth ; their in- 
ward part is very wickedness ; their throat is an open sepul- 
chre ; they flatter with their tongue. 

12 : 2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbor : with 
flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak. 3 The 
Lord shall cut off" all flattering lips, and the tongue that speak- 
eth proud things. 

Pr. 7 : 21 With the flattering of her lips she forced him. 

20 : 19 He that goeth about as a tale-bearer revealeth se- 
crets : therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his 
lips. 

24 : 24 He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous ; 
him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him. 

26 : 28 A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it ; 
and a flattering mouth worketh ruin. 

28 : 23 He that rebuketh a man, afterwards shall find more 
favor than he that flattereth with the tono-ue. 

29 : 5 A man that flattereth his neighbor spreadeth a net for 
his feet. 

Ezk. 13 : 10 They have seduced my people, saying, Peace ; 
and there was no peace. 18 And say. Thus saith the Lord 
God ; Wo to the women that sew pillows to all arm-holes, and 
make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt souls ! 
22 Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous 
sad, whom I have not made sad ; and strengthened the hands 
of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, 
by promising him life. 

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Directions for Food — Gluttony. 



Dan. 11:21 And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, 
to whom they shall not give the honor of the kingdom : but he 
shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries. 
32 And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he cor- 
rupt by flatteries : but the people that do know their God shall 
be strong, and do exploits. 

FOOD. 

194. Instructions respecting food — gluttony reproved. 

Gen. 1 : 29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every 
herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and 
every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed ; to 
you it shall be for meat. 

9 : 3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you ; 
even as the green herb have I given you all things. 4 But* 
flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye 
not eat. 

Dt. 21 : 20 And they shall say unto the elders of his city, 
This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our 
voice ; he is a glutton, and a drunkard. 21 And all the men 
of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die : so shalt 
thou put evil away from among you, and all Israel shall hear, 
and fear. 

Ps. 141 : 4 Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to prac- 
tice wicked works with men that work iniquity : and let me 
not eat of their dainties. 

Pr. 23 : 1 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider dil- 
igently what is before thee : 2 And put a knife to thy throat, 
if thou be a man given to appetite. 3 Be not desirous of his 
dainties : for they are deceitful meat. 20 Be not among wine- 
bibbers ; among riotous eaters of flesh : 21 For the drunkard 
and the glutton shall come to poverty : and drowsiness shall 
clothe a man with rags. 

Dan. 1 : 12 Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days ; 
and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink. 15 And 
at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and 
fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion 
of the king's meat. 

Mat. 6: 31 Therefore take no thought, saying. What shall 
we eat? or, what shall we drink? or. Wherewithal shall we 
be clothed? 32 (For after all these things do the Gentilea 
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FOOLS. 195 

Description and Reproof of Fools. 



seek) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of 
all these things. 33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and 
his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you. 

Lk. 10 : 38 And a certain woman, named Martha, received 
him into her house. 39 And she had a sister called Mary, 
which also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word. 40 But 
Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, 
and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me 
to serve alone ? bid her therefore that she help me. 41 And 
Jesus answered, and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art 
careful, and troubled about many things : 42 But one thing 
is needful; and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall 
not be taken away from her. 

16 : 19 There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in 
purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously every day: 
25 But Abraham said. Son, remember that thou in thy life- 
time receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil 
things : but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. 

21 : 34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your 
hearts be overcharged with surfeiting and drunkenness, and 
cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. 

Rom. 14 : 1 Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not 
to doubtful disputations. 2 For one believeth that he may eat 
all things ; anotlier, who is weak, eateth herbs. 3 Let not him 
that eateth, despise him that eateth not ; and let not him which 
eateth not, judge him that eateth : for God hath received him. 
20 For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are 
pure ; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence. 21 It 
is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing 
whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak. 

1 Cor. 8 : 13 Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, 
I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my 
brother to offend. 

1 Tim. 4 : 3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to ab- 
stain from meats, which God hath created to be received with 
thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. 

FOOLS. 

195. Description and reproof of fools. 
Ps. 14 : 1 The fool hath said in his heart. There is no God. 
74 : 18 The foolish people have blasphemed thy name. 

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195 POOLS. 

Description and Reproof of Fools. 



Ps. 94 : 6 They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder 
the fatherless. 7 Yet they say, The Lord shall not see, nei- 
ther shall the God of Jacob regard it. 8 Understand, ye 
brutish among the people : and ye fools, when will ye be wise ? 

Pr. 1:7 Fools despise wisdom and instruction. 

10 : 18 He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that 
uttereth a slander, is a fool. 23 It is as sport to a fool to do 
mischief. 

12 : 15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he 
that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise. 16 A fool's wrath is 
presently known : but a prudent man covereth shame. 

13 : 19 Iti^ abomination to fools to depart from evil. 

14 : 9 Fools make a mock at sin. 16 The fool rageth and 
is confident. ' 

15 : 5 A fool despiseth his father's instruction. 14 The 
mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness. 

18 : 2 A fool hath no dehght in understanding, but that his 
heart may discover itself 6 A fool's lips enter into conten- 
tion, and his mouth calleth for strokes. 7 A fool's mouth is 
his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul. 

20:2 It is an honor for a man to cease from strife : but every 
fool will be meddlino-. 

26 : 11 As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth 
to his folly. 12 Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? 
there is more hope of a fool than of him. 16 The sluggard is 
wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a 
reason. 

27 : 3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty ; but a fool's 
wrath is heavier than them both. 

28 : 26 He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool. 

29 : 11 A fool uttereth all his mind : but a wise man keep- 
eth it in till afterwards. 

Ec. 5 : 3 A fool's voice is known by multitude of words. 

7 : 4 The heart of fools is in the house of mirth. 9 Anger 
resteth in the bosom of fools. 

10 : 12 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious ; but 
the lips of a fool will swallow up himself 13 The beginnino- 
of the words of his mouth is foolishness : and the end of hi*^ 
talk is mischievous madness. 14 A fool also is full of words. 

Jer. 17:11 ^s the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth 
them not ; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall 



FORBEARANCE. 196 



Forbearance required. 



leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a 
fool. 

Lk. 12 : 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much 
goods laid up for many years ; take thine ease, eat, drink, aiid 
be merry. 20 But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night 
thy soul shall be required of thee : then whose shall those 
things be which thou hast provided ? 21 So is he that layeth 
up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God. 

FORBEARANCE. 

196. Forbearance required. 

Pr. 19 : 11 The discretion of a man deferreth his anger ; and 
it is his glory to pass over a transgression. 

1 Cor. 13 : 4 Charity suffereth long, aiid is kind ; charity 
envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 
5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is 
not easily provoked, thinketh no evil : 7 Beareth all things, 
believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. 

Ep. 4:11 therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you 
that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, 
2 With all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, for- 
bearing one another in love. 

1 Pet. 2 : 18 Servants, be subject to your masters with all 
fear ; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward. 
19 For this is thank-worthy, if a man for conscience toward 
God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. 20 For what glory 
is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it pa- 
tiently ? but if, when ye do well, and sufferer it, ye take it 
patiently, this is acceptable with God. 21 For even hereunto 
were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us 
an example, that ye should follow his steps. 23 Who, when 
he was reviled, reviled not again ; when he suffered, he threat- 
ened not ; but committed himself to him that judgeth righ- 
teously. 

3 : 8 Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of 
another ; love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous : 9 Not ren- 
dering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise, 
blessing ; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should 
inherit a blessing. 

[See Forgiveness, 198 ; Meekness, 386 ; Patience, 428 ; 
Peace, 429 ; and War, 597.] 

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197, 198 FORBEARANCE FORGIVENESS. 



Forbearance abused — Forgiveness required. 



197. Sinners abuse forbearance. 

Ec. 8 : 11 Because sentence against an evil work is not ex- 
ecuted speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully- 
set in them to do evil. 

FORGIVENESS. 

[Forgiveness divine. See 489.] 

198. Duty to forgive as we hope to be forgiven. 

Mat. 6 : 12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our 
debtors. 14 For, if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heav- 
enly Father will also forgive you : 15 But, if ye forgive not 
men their tresspasses, neither will your Father forgive your 
trespasses. 

18:21 Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft 
shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him ? till seven 
times ? 22 Jesus saith imto him, I say not unto thee, Until 
seven times : but, Until seventy times seven. 27 Then the 
lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed 
him, and forgave him the debt. 28 But the same servant went 
out, and found one of his fellow-servants, which owed him an 
hundred pence : and he laid hands on him, and took him by 
the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest. 29 And his fel- 
low-servant fell down at his feet, and besought him, saying, 
Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. 30 And he 
would not : but went and cast him into prison, till he should 
pay the debt. 32 Then his lord, after that he had called him, 
said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that 
debt, because thou desiredst me : 33 Shouldest not thou also 
have had compassion on thy fellow-servant, even as I had pity 
on thee ? 34 And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to 
the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him. 
35 So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if 
ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their 
trespasses. 

Mk. 11 : 25 And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have 

aught against any : that your Father also which is in heaven 

may forgive you your trespasses. 26 But if ye do not forgive, 

neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your tres- 
passes. 

Lk. 6 : 37 Judge not, and ye shall not be judged : condemn 
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True Friendship — Spurious Friendship. 



not, and ye shall not be condemned : forgive, and ye shall be 
forgiven. 

17 : 3 Take heed to yourselves : If thy brother trespass 
against thee, rebuke him ; and if he repent, forgive him. 
4 And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and 
seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent j thou 
shalt forgive him. 

Ep. 4:32 And be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted, 
forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath for- 
given you. 

Col. 3 : 12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and 
beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, 
meekness, long-suffering ; 13 Forbearing one another, and for- 
giving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any : 
even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. 

FRIENDSHIP. 

199. True friendship desirable. 

2 S. 1 : 26 I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan : 
very pleasant hast thou been unto me : thy love to me was 
wonderful, passing the love of women. 

Pr. 17 : 17 A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born 
for adversity. 

18 : 24 There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. 

27:9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so dothXYiQ 
sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel. 

200. Spurious friendship. 

Job 19 : 14 My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends 
have forgotten me. 19 All my inward friends abhorred me : 
and they whom 1 loved are turned against me. 

Ps. 38 : 11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my 
sore ; and my kinsmen stand afar off. 

41 : 9 Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom 1 trusted, 
which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me. 

55 : 12 For it was not an enemy thai reproached me ; then I 
could have borne it : neither was it he that hated me that did 
magnify himself against me ; then I would have hid myself 
from him : 13 But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, 
and mine acquaintance. 14 We took sweet counsel together, 
and walked unto the house of God in company. 

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201, 202 GOD. 

Made known by his Works— A Moral Agent. 

Mat. 26 : 56 Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled. 

2 Tim. 4 : 16 At my first answer no man stood with me, but 
all men forsook me : I pray God that it may not be laid to their 
charge. 

GOD. 

201. The First Cause made known by his works. 

Ps. 19 : 1 The heavens declare the glory of God j and the 
firmament sheweth his handy-work. 2 Day unto day uttereth 
speech, and night unto night shew^eth knowledge. 

58 : 11 Verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth. 

100 : 3 Know ye that the Lord he is God : it is he that 
hath made us, and not we ourselves ; we are his people, and 
the sheep of his pasture. 

Rom. 1 : 19 Because that which may be known of God, is 
manifest in them ; for God hath shewed it unto them. 20 For 
the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are 
clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, 
even his eternal power and Godhead ; so that they are without 
excuse. 

11 : 36 For of him, and through him, and to him are all 
things : to whom he glory for ever. Amen. 

Heb. 3 : 4 Every house is builded by some man; but he that 
built all things is God. Ps. 9 : 16. 

202. God a moral agent, with true and proper affections. 

Gen. 6 : 6 And it repented the Lord that he had made man 
on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. 

Ps. 7 : 11 God is angry with the wicked every day. 

103 : 13 Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord 
pitieth them that fear him. 

147: 11 The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him. 

Hos. 11 : 8 How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall 
I deliver thee, Israel ? how shall I make thee as Admah ? how 
shall I set thee as Zeboim ? mine heart is turned within me, 
my repentings are kindled together. 

Zep. 3 : 17 The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is 
mighty ; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy : he 
will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing. 

Mat. 3 : 17 This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well 
pleased. 

1 Jn. 4 : 8 God is love. 
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GOD ^HIS NATURAL ATTRIBUTES. 203, 204 



His chief End — Eternity. 



203. God made and governs all things for himself. 

Ps. 106 : 7 Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt ; 
they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies ; but pro- 
voked him at the sea, even at the Red sea. 8 Nevertheless he 
saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty 
power to be known. 

Pr. 16 : 4 The Lord hath made all things for himself: yea, 
even the wicked for the day of evil. 

Is. 43 : 7 Even every one that is called by my name : for I 
have created him for my glory, I have formed him ; yea, I 
have made him. 

Ezk. 20 : 9 1 wrought for my name's sake, that it should not 
be polluted before the heathen. 

36 : 32 Not for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord God, be 
it known unto you : be ashamed and confounded for your own 
ways, O house of Israel. 

Col. 1 : 16 All things were created by him, and for him. 

Rev. 4:11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory, and 
honor, and power : for thou hast created all things, and for thy 
pleasure they are and were created. Heb. 2 : 10. Ep. 1 : 11, 12. 

[See Providence, 257.] 

GOD'S NATURAL ATTRIBUTES. 

204. Eternity. 

Dt. 33 : 27 The eternal God is thy refuge. 

Ps. 90 : 2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever 
thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from ever- 
lasting to everlasting, thou art God. 

93 : 2 Thy throne is established of old : thou art from ever- 
lasting. 

102 : 27 Thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end. 

Is. 44 : 6 Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel, and his 
Redeemer the Lord of hosts ; I am the first, and I am the last j 
and besides me there is no God. 

57 : 15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth 
eternity, whose name is Holy. 

Hab. ] : 12 Art thou not from everlasting, O Lord my God, 
mine Holy One ? 

1 Tim. 1 : 17 Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, 
the only wise God, he honor and glory for ever and ever. 

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205 god's natural attributes. 



Greatness. 



1 Tim. 6 : 15 Which in his times he shall shew, who is the 
blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of 
lords ; 16 Who only hath immortality. 

Rev. 1:8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the 
ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is 
to come, the Almighty. Dan. 12 : 7. 

205. Incomprehensible greatness and majesty, 

1 Ch. 29 : 11 Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, 
and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty : for all that is 
in the heaven and in the earth is thine ; thine is the kingdom, 
O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all. 12 Both 
riches and honor come of thee, and thou reignest over all ; and 
in thine hand is power and might ; and in thine hand it is to 
make great, and to give strength unto all. 

Neh. 9 : 6 Thou, even thou, art Lord alone ; thou hast made 
heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, 
and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, 
and thou preservest them all ; and the host of heaven worship- 
peth thee. 

Job 11 : 7 Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou 
find out the Almighty unto perfection ? 8 It is as high as 
heaven ; what canst thou do ? deeper than hell ; what canst 
thou know ? 9 The measure thereof is longer than the earth, 
and broader than the sea. 

26 : 14 Lo, these are parts of his ways ; but how httle a por- 
tion is heard of him ? but the thunder of his power who can 
understand ? 

36 : 26 Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither 
can the number of his years be searched out. 

37 : 22 With God is terrible majesty. 23 Touching the Al- 
mighty, we cannot find him out : he is excellent in power, and 
in judgment, and in plenty of justice. 

Ps. 8 : 1 O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all 
tl^e earth ! who hast set thy glory above the heavens. 

29 : 4 The voice of the Lord is poweriul ; the voice of the 
Lord is full of majesty. 

93 : 1 The Lord reigneth, iie is clothed with majesty ; the 
Lord is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded him- 
self. 4 The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many 
waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea. 
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god's natural attributes. 206j 207 

Invisibility — Immutability. 

104 : 1 Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, thou 
art very great ; thou art clothed with honor and majesty : 
2 Who coverest thyself with light aa with a garment : who 
stretchest out the heavens like a curtain : 3 Who layeth the 
beams of his chambers in the waters : who maketh the clouds 
his chariot : who walketh upon the wings of the wind : 4 Who 
maketh his angels spirits ; his ministers a flaming fire. 

145 : 3 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised j and his 
greatness is unsearchable. 

Is. 40 : 17 All nations before him are as nothing, and they 
are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity. 18 To 
whom then will ye liken God ? or what likeness will ye com- 
pare unto him ? Dan. 4 : 35. 

206. Invisibility. 

Jn. 1 : 18 No man hath seen God at any time j the only be- 
gotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath de- 
clared him. 

4 : 24 God is a Spirit : and they that worship him, must 
worhip him in spirit and in truth. 

Col. 1 : 14 In whom we haye redemption through his blood, 
even the forgiveness of sins : 15 Who is the image of the in- 
visible God, the first-born of every creature. 

1 Tim. 6 : 16 Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the 
light which no man can approach unto : whom no man hath 
seen, nor can see ; to whom be honor and power everlasting. 

Heb. 11 : 27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath 
of the king : for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible. 

207. Immutability. 

Num. 23 : 19 God is not a man, that he should lie ; neither 
the son of man, that he should repent : hath he said, and shall 
he not do it ? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good 1 

1 S. 15 : 29 And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor 
repent : for he is not a man, that he should repent. 

Job 23 : 13 He is in one mind, and who can turn him ? and 
what his soul desireth, even that he doeth. 

Ps. 102 : 25 Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth : 
and the heavens are the work of thty hands. 26 They shall 
perish, but thou shalt endure : yea, all of them shall wax old 
like a garment ; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and 

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208, 209 god's natural attributes. 



Omnipotence— Omniscience and Foreknowledge, 



they shall be changed : 27 But thou art the same, and thy 
years shall have no end. 

Mai. 3:6 For I am the LorDj I change not ; therefore ye 
sons of Jacob are not consumed. 

Heb. 13 : 8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to-day, 

and forever. 

Jam. 1 : 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from 
above, and cometh down from the Father of hghts, with whom 
is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. 

208. Omnipotence. 

Gen. 11:11 am the Almighty God ; walk before me, and 
be thou perfect. 

Job 9 : 12 Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him ? 
who will say unto him, What doest thou ? 

Is. 43 : 13 Yea, before the day was^ I am he, and there is 
none that can deliver out of mine hand : I will work, and who 

shall let it ? 

Jer. 32 : 17 Ah Lord God ! behold, thou hast made the heaven 
and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and 
there is nothing too hard for thee. 

Mat. 19 : 26 With God all things are possible. 

Rev. 1:8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the 
ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is 
to come, the Almighty. 

11 : 17 Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, 
which art, and wast, and art to come ; because thou hast 
taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned. 

19 : 6 The Lord God omnipotent reigneth. 

209. Omniscience and foreknowledge. 

1 S. 2 : 3 Talk no more so exceeding proudly ; let not arro- 
gancy come out of your mouth : for the Lord is a God of 
knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. 

16 : 7 The Lord seeth not as man seeth ; for man looketh 
on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart. 

1 K. 8 : 39 Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling-place, 
and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his 
ways, whose heart thou knowesi ; (for thou, even thou only, 
knowest the hearts of all the children of men.) 

1 Ch. 28 : 9 The Lord searcheth all hearts, and understand 
eth all the imaginations of the thoughts. 
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god's natural attributes. 209 



Omniscience and Foreknowledge. 



Job 11 : 11 For he knoweth vain men : he seeth wickedness 
also ; will he not then consider it ? 

34 : 21 For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth 
all his goings. 22 There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, 
where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves. 

Ps. 11:4 The Lord's throne is in heaven : his eyes behold, 
his eyelids try the children of men. 

44:21 Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the 
secrets of the heart. 

94 : 9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that 
formed the eye, shall he not see ? 

139 : 1 O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me. 
2 Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine up-rising, thou un- 
derstandest my thought afar off. 3 Thou compassest my 
path and my lying down, and art acquainted icith all my ways. 
4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but lo, O Lord, thou 
knowest it altogether. 5 Thou hast beset me behind and be- 
fore, and laid thine hand upon me. 6 Such knowledge is too 
wonderful for me ; it is high, I carmot attain unto it. 11 If I 
say. Surely the darkness shall cover me ; even the night shall 
be light about me. 12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from 
tliee ; but the night shineth as the day : the darkness and the 
light are both alike to thee. 

147 : 5 Great is our Lord, and of great power : his under- 
standing is infinite. 

Pr. 5 : 21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the 
Lord, and he pondereth all his goings. 

15 : 3 The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding 
the evil and the good. 11 Hell and destruction are before 
the Lord : how much more then the hearts of the children of 

men ? 

17 : 3 The fimng-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold : 
but the Lord trieth the hearts. 

21:2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes : but the 
Lord pondereth the hearts. 

24 : 11 If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto 
death, and those that are ready to be slain ; 12 If thou sayest, 
Bshold, we knew it not ; doth not he that pondereth the heart 
consider it 7 and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know 
it? and shall not he render to every man according to his 

works ? 

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210 god's natural attributes. 

Omniscience — Omnipresence. 

Is. 40 : 28 There is no searching of his understanding. 

46 : 9 Remember the former things of old : for I am God, 
and there is none else ; / am God, and there is none like me, 
10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient 
times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall 
stand, and I will do all my pleasure. 

Jer. 23 : 23 Am I a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a 
God afar off? 24 Can any hide himself in secret places that 
I shall not see him ? saith the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and 
earth ? saith the Lord. 

32 : 19 Great in counsel, and mighty in work : for thine eyes 
are open upon all the ways of the sons of men ; to give every 
one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his 
doings. 

Ezk. 11 : 5 And the Spirit of the Lord fell upon me, and 
said unto me. Speak ; Thus saith the Lord ; Thus have ye 
said, O house of Israel : for I know the things that come into 
your mind, every one of them. 

Ac. 1 : 24 And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which 
knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou 
hast chosen. 

2 ; 23 Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and 
foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands 
have crucified and slain : 

15 : 18 Known unto God are ail his works from the beginning 
of the world. , 

Heb. 4 : 13 Neither is there any creature that is not man- 
ifest in his sight : but all things are naked and opened unto 
the eyes of him with whom we have to do. 

1 Jn. 3 : 20 For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than 
our heart, and knoweth all things. 

210. Omnipresence. 

1 K. 8 : 27 Behold the heaven and heaven of heavens can- 
not contain thee. 

Ps. 139 ; 3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down 
and art acquainted with all my ways. 5 Thou hast beset me 
behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. 7 Whither 
shall I go from thy Spirit ? or whither shall I flee from thy 
presence ? 8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there : if I 
make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. 9 1/1 take the 
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god's moral perfections. 211, 212 

Self-existence — Blessedness. 



wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the 
sea; 10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right 
hand shall hold me. 

Jer. 23 : 23 Am I a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a 
God afar off? 24 Can any hide himself in secret places that 
I shall not see him ? saith the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and 
earth ? saith the Lord. 

Mat. 18 : 20 For where two or three are gathered together 
in my name, there am I in the midst of them. 

Ep. 1 : 23 The fulness of him that fiUeth all in all. 

211. Self-existence. 

Ex. 3 : 14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM : 

And he said. Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, t 
AM hath sent me unto you. 

Dt. 32 : 40 I lift my hand to heaven, and say, I live for- 
ever. 

Jer. 10 : 10 The Lord is the true God, he is the living God, 
and an everlasting King. 

Jn. 5 : 26 For as the Father hath life in himself, so hath he 
given to the Son to have life in himself. 

6 : 57 The living Father hath sent me. 

Ac. 17 : 24 God that made the world, and all things therein, 
seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in 
temples made with hands ; 25 Neither is worshipped with 
men's hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he giveth 
to all life, and breath, and all things. 

1 Tim. 6 : 15 Which in his times he shall shew, who is the 
blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of 
lords ; 16 Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light 
which no man can approach unto : whom no man hath seen, 
nor can see ; to whom he honor and power everlasting. Amen. 

GOD'S MORAL PERFECTIONS. 

212. Blessedness. 

Rom. 1 : 25 Who is blessed for ever. 

9 : 5 Whose are the fathers, and of whom, as concerning the 
flesh, Christ came^ who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen. 

2 Cor. 11 : 31 The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
which is blessed for evermore. 

1 Tim. 1 : 11 The glorious gospel of the blessed God. 

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213, 214 god's moral perfections. 



Blessedness — ^Benevolence. 



1 Tim. 6 : 15 The blessed and only Potentate. 

213. Is the blessedness of God involved in his benevolent de- 
signs and works ? 

Ps. 104 : 31 The glory of the Lord shall endure for ever : 
the Lord shall rejoice in his works. 

Is. 62 : 5 As the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall 
' thy God rejoice over thee. 

65 : 19 I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people. 

Jer. 9 : 24 I am the Lord which exercise loving-kindness, 
judgment, and righteousness in the earth : for in these things 
I delight, saith the Lord. 

Zep. 3 : 17 The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is 
mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he 
will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing. 

214. Benevolence. 

Ps. 1 19 : 68 Thou art good, and doest good. 

Mat. 5 : 44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless 
them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray 
for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you ; 
45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in 
heaven : for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the 
good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. 

Jn. 3 : 16 God so loved the world, that he gave his only-begot- 
ten Son, that v/hosoever believeth in him, should not perish, 
but have everlasting life. 

Rom. 5 : 8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that 
while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 

Ep. 2 : 4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love 
wherewith he loved us, 5 Even when we were dead in sins, 
hath quickened us together with Christ; (by grace ye are 
saved ;) 6 And hath raised its up together, and made us sit 
together in heavenly places, in Christ Jesus : 7 That in the 
ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace 
in his kindness toward us, through Christ Jesus. 

1 Jn. 4 : 7 Beloved, let us love one another : for love is of 
God ; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth 
God. 8 He that loveth not, knoweth not God ; for God is 
love. 9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, be- 
cause that God sent his only-begotten Son into the world, that 
we might live through him. 10 Herein is love, not that we 
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god's moral perfections. 215, 216 



Compassion — ^Faithfulness. 



loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the 
propitiation for our sins. 

215. Compassion. 

Ex. 32 : 14 And the Lord repented of the evil which he 
thought to do unto his people. 

Jud. 10 : 16 His soul was grieved for the misery of Israel. 

Ps. 25 : 6 Remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies and thy 
loving-kindnesses ; for they have been ever of old. 

36 : 7 How excellent is thy loving-kindness, O God ! there- 
fore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of 
thy wings. 

69 : 16 Hear me, O Lord ; for thy loving-kindness is good : 
turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies. 

78 : 38 But he, being full of compassion, forgave their in- 
iquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he 
his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath. 

86 : 15 But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and 
gracious, long-suffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth. 

103 : 13 Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord 
pitieth them that fear him. 

145 : 8 The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion ; slow 
to anger, and of great mercy. 9 The Lord is good to all : 
and his tender mercies are over all his works. 

Lam. 3:22 It is of the Lord's mercies, that we are not con- 
sumed, because his compassions fail not. 32 But though he 
cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the mul- 
titude of his mercies. 33 For he doth not afflict willingly, nor 
grieve the children of men. 

Hos. 11:8 How shall I give thee up, Ephraim ? how shall 
I deliver thee, Israel ? how shall I make thee as Admah ? Jiow 
shall I set thee up as Zeboim 1 my heart is turned within me, 
my repentings are kindled together. 

Lk. 6 : 35 He is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil. 

Jam. 5:11 The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy. 

[See 51, 222, and 491.] 

216. Faithfulness. 

Dt. 7 : 9 Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is 
God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with 
them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand 
generations. 

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217 god's moral perfections. 

Faithfulness — ^Forbearance . 



Jos. 2] : 45 There failed not aught of any good thing which 
the Lord had spoken unto the house of Israel ; all came to 
pass. 

23 : 14 And behold, this day I am going the way of all the 
earth ; and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, 
that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which 
the Lord your God spake concerning you ; all are come 
to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof 

Ps. 36 : 5 Thy mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens j and thy 
faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds. 

89 : 2 Thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very 
heavens. 33 Nevertheless, my loving-kindness will I not ut- 
terly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. 34 My 
covenant will 1 not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out 
of my lips. 

119 : 90 Thy faithfulness is unto all generations. 

Lam. 2 : 17 The Lord hath done that which he had devi- 
sed ; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the 
days of old. 

1 Th. 5 : 24 Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will 
do it. 

217. Forbearance and long-suffering. 

Neh. 9 : 30 Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and 
testifiedst against them by thy Spirit in thy prophets : yet 
would they not give ear. 

Ec. 8 : 11 Because sentence against an evil work is not 
executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is 
fully set in them to do evil. 

Rom. 2 : 4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness, and 
forbearance, and long-suffering ; not knowing that the good- 
ness of God leadeth thee to repentance ? 

9 : 22 What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make 
his power known, endured with much long-suffering the ves- 
sels of wrath fitted to destruction. 

1 Tim. 1 : 16 Howbeit, for this cause I obtained mercy, that 
in me first Jesus Christ might show forth all long-suffering, for 
a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life 
everlasting. 

1 Pet. 3 : 19 By which also he went and preached unto the 
spirits in prison ; 20 Which sometime were disobedient, when 
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god's moral perfections. 218, 219 

Goodness — Holiness. 

once the long-suffering of God waited in the days of Noah, 
while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight 
souls, were saved by water. 

2 Pet. 3 : 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as 
some men count slackness ; but is long-suffering to us-ward, 
not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to 
repentance. 

218. Goodness. 

Ex. 34 : 6 And the Lord passed by before him, and pro- 
claimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, 
long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth. 

1 Ch. 16 : 34 O give thanks unto the Lord ; for he is good; 
for his mercy endureth for ever. 

Ps. 33 : 5 He loveth righteousness and judgment : the earth 
is full of the goodness of the Lord. 

52 : 1 Why boastest thou thyself in mischief^ O mighty man ? 
the goodness of God endureth continually. 

107 : 8 Oh that men would praise the LoRn/or his goodness, 
and for his wonderful works to the children of men ! 9 For 
he satisfieth the longing soul, and fiUeth the hungry soul with 
goodness. 

119 : 68 Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy stat- 
utes. 

145 : 7 They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy 
great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness. 9 The 
Lord is good to all : and his tender mercies are over all his 
works. 

Zee. 9 : 17 For how great is his goodness, and how great is 
his beauty ! 

Mat. 19 : 17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me 
good ? there is none good but one, that is, God. 

219. Holiness, and displeasure with the wicked. 

Ex. 15 : 11 Who is like unto thee, O Lord, among the 
gods ? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, 
doing wonders ? 

Lev. 11 : 44 Ye shall be holy ; for I am holy. 

Dt. 10 : 17 For the Lord your God is God of gods, and 
Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which re- 
gardeth not persons, nor taketh reward. 

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219 god's moral perfections. 

Holiness — ^Displeasure. 

1 S. 2:2 There is none holy as the Lord : for there is none 
beside thee : neither is there any rock like our God. 

Job 4 : 17 Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall 
a man be more pure than his Maker ? 18 Behold, he put no 
trust in his servants ; and his angels he charged with folly. 

34 : 10 Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understand- 
ing : far be it from God, that he should do wickedness j and 
from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity 

Ps. 5:4 For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in 
wickedness : neither shall evil dwell with thee. 5 The foolish 
shall not stand in thy sight : thou hatest all workers of iniquity. 

22 : 3 But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises 
of Israel. 

45 : 6 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever : the sceptre 
of thy kingdom is a right sceptre. 7 Thou lovest righteous- 
ness, and hatest wickedness. 

47 : 8 God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness. 

71 : 22 I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy 
truth, O my God : unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou 
Holy One of Israel. 

99 : 9 Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at his holy hill ; 
for the Lord our God is holy. 

Ill : 9 Holy and reverend is his name. 

145 : 17 The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy in 
all his works. 

Is. 6:3 And one cried unto another, and said. Holy, holy, 
holy, is the Lord of hosts : the whole earth is full of his glory. 

Hab. 1 : 13 Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and 
canst not look on iniquity. 

Rev. 15 : 4 Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify 
thy name ? for thou only art holy : for all nations shall come 
and worship before thee ; for thy judgments are made manifest. 

Displeasure. 

Num. 32 : 14 And behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' 
stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce 
anger of the Lord toward Israel. 

Dt. 25 : 16 For all that do such things, and all that do un- 
righteously, are an abomination unto the Lord thy God. 

Ps. 7:11 God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with 
the wicked every day. 12 If he turn not, he will whet his 
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god's moral perfections. 220 

Impartiality. 

sword ; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. 13 He hath 
also prepared for him the instruments of death ; he ordaineth 
his arrows against the persecutors. 

10 : 3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and 
blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth. 

11 : 5 The Lord trieth the righteous: but the wicked and 
him that loveth violence his soul hateth. 

76 : 7 Thou, even thou, art to be feared : and who may stand 
in thy sight when once thou art angry ? 

Pr. 11 : 20 They that are of a fro ward heart are abomina- 
tion to the Lord : but such as are upright in their way are his 
delight. 

15 : 9 The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the 
Lord ; but he loveth him that foUoweth after righteousness. 
26 The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the 
Lord : but the words of the pure are pleasant words. 

Jer. 12 : 8 Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest ; 
it crieth out against me : therefore have I hated it. 

Hos. 7 : 2 And they consider not in their hearts, that I re- 
member all their wickedness : now their own doings have be- 
set them about ; they are before my face. 

9 : 15 All their wickedness is in Gilgal : for there I hated 
them : for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out 
of mine house, I will love them no more : all their princes are 
revolters. 

13 : 7 Therefore I will be unto them as a lion : as a leopard 
by the way will I observe them. 8 I will meet them as a bear 
tJiat is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their 
heart, and there will I devour them like a lion : the wild beast 
shall tear them. 

Nah. 1 : 6 Who can stand before his indignation ? and who 
can abide in the fierceness of his anger ? his fury is poured out 
like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him. 

Rev. 6 : 16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on 
us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, 
and from the wrath of the Lamb : 17 For the great day of his 
wrath is come, and who shall be able to stand ? 

220. Impartiality. 

Gen. 18 : 25 That be far from thee to do after this manner, 
to slay the righteous with the wicked ; and that the righteous 

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221 god's moral perfections. 

Justice and Righteousness. 



should be as the wicked, that be far from thee : Shall not the 
Judge of all the earth do right ? 

Ex. 34 : 7 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity 
and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the 
guilty. 

Dt. 10 : 17 For the Lord your God is God of gods, and 
Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which 
regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward : 18 He doth execute 
the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the 
stranger, in giving him food and raiment. 

32 : 4 He is the Rock, his work is perfect : for all his ways 
are judgment : a God of truth and without iniquity, just and 
right is he. 

2 Ch. 19 : 7 Wherefore now let the fear of the Lord be 
upon you : take heed and do it : for there is no iniquity with 
the Lord our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of 
gifts. 

Ezk. 18 : 25 Yet ye say. The way of the Lord is not equal. 
Hear now, O house of Israel ; Is not my way equal 1 are not 
your ways unequal ? 

Ac. 10 : 34 Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a 
truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons. 

Rom. 2 : 11 There is no respect of persons with God. 

Ep. 6 : 9 And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, 
forbearing threatening : knowing that your Master also is in 
heaven ; neither is there respect of persons with him. 

1 Pet. 1 : 17 And if ye call on the Father, who without re- 
spect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass 
the time of your sojourning ^,ere in fear. 

221. Justice and righteousness. 

2 Ch. 19 : 7 Wherefore now let the fear of the Lord be 
upon you : take heed and do it : for there is no iniquity with 
the Lord our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts. 

Job 8 : 3 Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty 
pervert justice ? 

34 : 12 Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will 
the Almighty pervert judgment. 

37 : 23 Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out : he 
is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice : 
he will not afflict. 
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Mercy, Grace, Kindness. 



Ps. 33 : 4 For the word of the Lord is right ; and all his 
works are done in truth. 5 He loveth righteousness and 
judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the Lord. 

48 : 10 According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto 
the ends of the earth : thy right hand is full of righteousness. 

92 : 15 To shew that the Lord is upright : he is my rock, 
and there is no unrighteousness in him. 

97 : 2 Clouds and darkness are round about him : righteous- 
ness and judgment are the habitation of his throne. 

111:3 His work is honorable and glorious : and his righte- 
ousness endure th for ever. 

119 : 137 Righteous art thou, O Lord, and upright are thy 
judgments. 138 Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded 
are righteous and very faithful. 142 Thy righteousness is an 
everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth. 

145 : 17 The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy in 
all his works. 

Jer. 9 : 24 But let him that glorieth, glory in this, that he un- 
derstandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord which exer- 
cise loving-kindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: 
for in these things I delight, saith the Lord. 

Rev. 15 : 3 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of 
God, and the song of the Lamb, saying. Great and marvellous 
are thy works. Lord God Almighty ; just and true are thy 
ways, thou King of saints. 4 Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, 
and glorify thy name ? for thou only art holy : for all nations 
shall come and worship before thee ; for thy judgments are 
made manifest, [See 225.] 

222. Mercy, grace, kindness. 

Ex. 34 : 6 And the Lord passed by before him, and pro- 
claimed, The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, 
long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, 7 Keep- 
ing mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression 
and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty. 

Num. 14 : 18 The Lord is long-suffering, and of great mer- 
cy, forgivmg iniquity and transgression, and by no means 
clearing the guilty. 

Dt. 4 : 31 (For the Lord thy God is a merciful God ;) he 
will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the cov- 
enant of thy fathers, which he sware unto them. 

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Mercy, Grace, Kindness. 



Ps. 25 : 6 Remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies and thy 
loving-kindnesses ; for they have been ever of old. 

36 : 7 How excellent is thy loving-kindness, O God ! therefore 
the children of men put their trustunder the shadow of thy wings. 

86 : 5 For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive ; and 
plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee. 

100 : 5 For the Lord is good ; his mercy is everlasting ; and 
his truth endureth to all generations. 

103 : 8 The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, 
and plenteous in mercy. 9 He will not always chide ; neither 
will he keep his anger for ever. 10 He hath not dealt with us 
after our sins ; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. 

106 : 44 Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he 
heard their cry : 45 And he remembered for them his cove- 
nant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies. 

116 : 5 Gracious is the Lord, and righteous ; yea, our God 

is merciful. 

119 : 64 The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercy : teach me 

thy statutes. 

138:8 The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me: 
thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever : forsake not the works 
of thine own hands. 

Dan. 9 : 9 To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgive- 
ness ; though we have rebelled against him. 

Joel 2 : 13 And rend your heart, and not your garments, and 
turn unto the Lord your God : for he is gracious and merciful, 
slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the 

evil. 

Jonah 4 : 2 Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish : for I 
knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to an- 
ger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil. 

Lk. 6 : 35 But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, 
hoping for nothing again ; and your reward shall be great, and 
ye shall be the children of the Highest : for he is kind unto the 
unthankful and to the evil. 36 Be ye therefore merciful, as 
your Father also is merciful. 

Ep. 2 : 6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit 
together in heavenly places, in Christ Jesus : 7 That in the 
ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace 
in his kindness toward us, through Christ Jesus. 
[See 489—491.] 
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god's moral perfections. 223 



Sovereignty. 



223. Sovereignty. 

Job 23 : 13 But he is in one mind, and who can turn him ? 
and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth. 

33 : 13 Why dost thou strive against him ? for he giveth not 
account of any of his matters. 

Ps. 115 : 3 But our God is in the heavens ; he hath done 
whatsoever he pleased. 

135 : 6 Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did he in heaven 
and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places. ' 

Is. 55 : 10 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from 
heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and 
maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the 
sower, and bread to the eater : 11 So shall my word be that go- 
eth forth out of my mouth : it shall not return unto me v(5d, 
but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shaU prosper 
in the thing whereto I sent it. 

Dan. 4 : 35 And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed 
as nothing: and he doeth according to his wiU in the army of 
heaven, and armng the inhabitants of the earth : and none 
can stay his hand, or say unto him. What doest thou ? 

Mat. 11 : 25 At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank 
thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast 
hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed 
them unto babes. 26 Even so. Father, for so it seemed o-ood 
in thy sight. ^ 

20 : 12 Saying, These last have wrought hut one hour, and 
thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the 
burden and heat of the day. 13 But he answered one of them 
and said. Friend, I do thee no wrong : didst not thou agree 
with me for a penny? 14 Take that thine is, and go thy way • 
I will give unto this last, even as unto thee. 15 Is it not law- 
ful for me to do what I will with mine own ? is thine eye evil 
because I am good? 16 So the last shall be first, and the first 
last : for many be called, but few chosen. 

Rom. 9 : 15 For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on 
whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom 
I will have compassion. 16 So then, it is not of him that wiU- 
eth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy 
17 For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh. Even for this same 
purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in 
thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all 

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224 225 god's moral perfections. 



Truth— Vindicative Justice. 



the earth. 18 Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have 
mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth. 

Ep 1 • 11 In whom also we have obtamed an mheritance, 
being predestinated according to the purpose of him who 
worketh all things after the counsel of his own will. 

Ph. 2 : 13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will 
and to do of his good pleasure. [See 231 (4).] 

224. Truth. 

Ex. 34: 6 And the Lord passed by before him and pro- 
claimed, The Lord, the Lord God, mercifu and gracious, 
long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth. 

Num. 23 : % God is not a man, that he should lie ; neithe 
the son of man, that he should repent : hath he said, and shall 
he not do it 7 or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good ? 

Dt ^2 'A He is the Rock, his work is perfect : for all his ways 
are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and 

"'f 8^5' 29 And also the Strength of Israel will not he nor 
renent • for he is not a man, that he should repent 

Ps 19 9 The fear of the Lord is clean, endurmg for ever : 
the j;dgments of the Lord are true and "S^^^^^^/^^^^f ^^r* 

89 • 14 Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy 
throne : mercy and truth shall go before thy face. 

Too: 5 For the Lord is good; his mercy i. everlastmg ; and 
his truth endurelh to all generations. 
119?142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, 

and thy law is the truth. 

146 • 6 Which keepeth truth for ever. 

Is 25 • 1 Thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth. 

Dan 4-37 Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and 
honor ihe King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his 

^TSllTL they sing the song of Moses the servant of 
God and the song of L Lamb, saying, «-atan^ marvellous 
are thy works, Lord God Almighty ; just and true are thy 
ways, thou King of saints. 

225. Vindicative justice. 

Ex 15 • 3 The Lord is a man of war : the Lord is his name. 

Dt* 4 : 24 For the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, even a 

jealous God. 
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god's moral perfections. 225 

Vindicative Jxistice. 

32 : 35 To me belongetk vengeance, and recompense ; their 
foot shall slide in due time : for the day of their calamity is at 
hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste. 
39 See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with 
me : I kill, and I make alive : I wound, and I heal : neither is 
there any that can deliver out of my hand. 40 For I lift up 
my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever. 41 If I whet ray 
glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment ; I will 
render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that 
hate me. 42 I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and 
my sword shall devour flesh ; and that with the blood of the 
slain and of the captives from the beginning of revenges upon 
the enemy. 

Is. 35 : 4 Say to them that are of a fearful heart. Be strong, 
fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even 
God U'ith a recompense ; he will come and save you. 

59 : 17 For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an 
nelmet of salvation upon his head ; and he put on the gar- 
ments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a 
cloak. 18 According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, 
fury to his adversaries, recompense to his enemies ; to the 
islands he will repay recompense. 19 So shall they fear the 
name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the rising 
of the sun. 

66 : 14 And the hand of the Lord shall be known toward his 
servants, and his indignation toward his enemies. 15 For be- 
hold, the Lord will come with fire, and with his chariots like a 
whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with 
flames of fire. 

Lam. 2 : 4 He hath bent his bow like an enemy : he stood 
with his right hand as an adversary and slew all that were 
pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion : 
he poured out hi6 fury like fire. 

Nah. 1:2 God is jealous, and the Lord revengeth; the 
Lord revengeth, and is furious ; the Lord will take venge- 
ance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies. 

Mai. 3 : 2 But who may abide the day of his coming ? and 
who shall stand when he appeareth ? for he is fike a refiner's 
fire, and like fullers' soap. 

Rom. 12 : 19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but 

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226 god's moral perfections. 



Vindicative Justice amiable 



rather give place unto wrath : for it is written. Vengeance is 
mine : I will repay, saith the Lord. 

2 Cor. 4: 11 Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we 
persuade men ; but we are made manifest unto God ; and I 
trust also are made manifest in your consciences. 

2 Th. 1 : 7 And to you, who are troubled, rest with us, when 
the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty 
angels, 8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know 
not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

Heb. 12 : 29 For our God is a consuming fire. Ps. 18 : 6 — 14. 

[See 219, and Punishment, future.] 

226. Vindicative justice in God amiable. 

Ex. 15 : 6 Thy right hand, O Lord, is become glorious in 
power : thy right hand, O Lord, hath dashed in pieces the 
enemy. 7 And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast 
overthrown them that rose up against thee. 

Dt. 32 : 43 Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people : for he 
will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render venge- 
ange to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, ar^d 
to his people. 

Ps. 48 : 11 Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of 
Judah be glad, because of thy judgments. 

58 : 9 He shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both 
living, and in his wrath. 10 The righteous shall rejoice when 
he seeth the vengeance : he shall wash his feet in the blood of 
the wicked. 

136 : 1 O give thanks unto the Lord ; for he is good : for 
his mercy endureth for ever. 10 To him that smote Egypt in 
their first-born: for his mercy endureth for ever: 11 And 
brought out Israel from among them : for his mercy endureth 
for ever. [See the whole Psalm.] 

Rev. 18 : 20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy 
apostles and prophets ; for God hath avenged you on her. 

19 : 1 And after these things I heard a great voice of much 
people in heaven, saying. Alleluia: Salvation, and glory, and 
honor, and power, unto the Lord our God : 2 For true and 
righteous are his judgments : for he hath judged the great 
whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and 
hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. 3 And 
again they said. Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever 

and ever. [See 79 and 478.] 
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god's moral perfections. 227, 228 



Wisdom — Zeal. 



227. Wisdom of God. 

Job 5 : 13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness : and 
the counsel of the froward is carried headlong. 

Ps. 104 : 24 O Lord, how manifold are thy works ! in wis- 
dom hast thou made them all : the earth is full of thy riches. 

Is. 28 : 29 This also cometh forth from the Lord of hosts, 
which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working. 

Rom. 11 : 33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom 
and knowledge of God ! how unsearchable are his judgments, 
and his ways past finding out ! 34 For who hath known the 
mind of the Lord ? or who hath been his counsellor ? 

16 : 27 To God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ for 
ever. Amen. 

1 Cor. 1 : 25 The fooHshness of God is wiser than men. 
Ep. 1 : 8 He hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and 

prudence. 

3 : 9 And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the 
mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid 
in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ: 10 To the in- 
tent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly 
places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of 
God. 

Col. 2 : 2 The mystery of God, and of the Father, and of 
CJirist ; 3 In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and 
knowledge. 

Jude 25 To the only wise God our Savior, be glory and 
majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen. 

228. Zeal of God. 

2 K. 19 : 30 And the remnant that is escaped of the house of 
Judah shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit up- 
ward. 31 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and 
they that escape out of mount Zion : the zeal of the Lord of 
hosts shall do this. 

Is. 9:7 Of the increase of his government and peace there 
shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his king- 
dom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with 
justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord 
of hosts will perform this. 

59 : 17 For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and 
a helmet of salvation upon his head j and he put on the gar- 

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229 god's mode of existence. 

Unity of God. 

ments of vengeance/or clothing, and was clad with zeal as a 
cloak. 

Ezk. 5 : 13 Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I 
will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted : 
and they shall know that 1 the Lord have spoken it in my 
zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them. 

Jn. 2 : 15 And when he had made a scourge of small cords, 
he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the 
oxen J and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the 
tables J 16 And said unto them that sold doves. Take these 
things hence : make not my Father's house an house of mer- 
chandise. 17 And his disciples remembered that it was writ- 
ten, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up. 

GOD'S MODE OF EXISTENCE. 

229. Unity of God, 

Dt. 4 : 35 The Lord he is God : there is none else beside 
him. 39. 

6 : 4 The Lord our God is one Lord. 

32 : 39 See now that I, even I am he, and there is no god 
with me. 

2 S. 7 : 22 There is none like thee, neither is there any God 
beside thee. 

2 K. 19 : 15 Thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the 
kingdoms of the earth. 

Neh. 9 : 6 Thou, even thou, art Lord alone. 

Is. 44 : 6 Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel, and his 
Redeemer the Lord of hosts ; I am the first and I am the last j 
and besides me there is no God. 8 Is there a God besides me ? 
Yea, tliere is no God ; I know not any. 

45 : 5 I am the Lord, and there is none else, tTiere is no God 
besides me. 

Jn. 10 : 30 I and my Father are one. 

17 : 3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the 
only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent. 

1 Cor. 8 : 6 But to us there is but one God, the Father, of 
whom are all things, and we m him ; and one Lord Jesus 
Christ, by whom are all thmgs, and we by him. 

Gal. 3 : 20 God is one. 

1 Tim. 1 : 17 Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invis- 
ible, the only wise God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. 
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god's mode of existence. 230 

Trinity. 



Jam. 2 : 19 Thou believest that there is one God ; thou do- 
est well. 

230. Are there more persons than one in the Godhead 7 

Gen. 1 : 26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, 
after our likeness. 

3 : 22 And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become 
as one of us, to know good and evil. 

11:7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their lan- 
guage. 

Is. 6:8 I heard the voice of the Lord, saying. Whom shall 
I send, and who will go for us ? 

Dan. 4 : 17 This matter is by the decree of the watchers, 
and the demand by the word of the holy ones : to the intent 
that the living may know that the Most High ruleth in the 
kingdom of men. 25 and 26. 

Mat. 28 : 19 Teach all nations, baptizing them in the name 
of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. 

Lk. 3 : 22 And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape 
like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which 
s£iid. Thou art my beloved Son ; in thee 1 am well pleased. 

Jn. 14 : 16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give 
you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever ; 
17 Even the Spirit of truth ; whom the world cannot receive, 
because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him : but ye know 
him ; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. 26 But 
the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will 
send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all 
things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto 
you. 

2 Cor. 13 : 14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the 
love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, he with 
you all. Amen. • 

Ep. 2 : 18 For through him we both have access by one 
Spirit unto the Father. 

1 Pet. 1 : 2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God 
the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience 
and sprinkling of the blood of Je^us Christ. 

1 Jn. 5 : 7 There are three that bear record in heaven, the 
Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost : and these three are 
one. 

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231 god's prerogatives. 



Of Property in us— To establish Natural Law. 



PREROGATIVES OF GOD. 
231. What prerogatives or rights especially belong to God 7 

1. A right of property in all his creatures. 

1 Ch. 29 : 11 Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, 
and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty : for all that is 
in the heaven and in the earth is thine. 

Ps. 50 : 10 For every beast of the forest is mine, and the 
cattle upon a thousand hills. 11 I know all the fowls of the 
mountains : and the wild beasts of the field are mine. 12 If 
I were hungry, I would not tell thee : for the world is mine, 
and the fulness thereof 

95 : 5 The sea is his, and he made it : and his hands formed 
the dry land. 6 O come, let us worship and bow down : let 
us kneel before the Lord our niaker. 7 For he is our God ; 
and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his 

hand. 

100 : 3 The Lord he is God : it is he that hath made us, and 
not we ourselves ; we are his people, and the sheep of his pas- 
ture. 

Ezk. 18 : 4 Behold, all souls are mine ; as the soul of the 

father, so also the soul of the son is mine. 

Rom. 14 : 8 Whether we live, therefore, or die, we are the 
Lord's. 

2. To establish and control natural law. 

Job 38 : 33 Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven ? canst 
thou set the dominion thereof in the earth 1 

Ps. 119:90 Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou 
hast established the earth, and it abideth. 91 They continue 
this day according to thine ordinances : for all are thy servants. 

Pr. 3 : 19 The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth ; by 
understanding hath he estabhshed the heavens. 20 By his 
knowledfe the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down 

the dew. 

Jer. 31 : 35 Thus saith the Lord, which giveth the sun tor a 
light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars 
for a Hght by night, which divideth the sea when the waves 
thereof roar ; The Lord of hosts is his name. 

33 : 25 Thus saith the Lord ; If my covenant be not with 
day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of 
heaven and earth ; 26 Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob. 
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god's prerogatives. 231 

To give Moral Law — To sanctify or not. 

3. To give supreme moral law. 

Ex. 20 : 2 I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee 
out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 3 Thou 
shalt have no other gods before me. 

1 Ch. 29: 1] Thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art 
exalted as head above all. 

Ps. 47 : 7 God is the king of all the earth. 

Pr. 23 : 26 My son, give me thy heart. 

Is. 33 : 22 The Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, 
the Lord is our King. 

Mat. 4 : 10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Sa- 
tan : for it is written. Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, 
and him only shalt thou serve. 

22 : 37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy 
God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy 
mind. 38 This is the first and great commandment. [See 261.] 

4. To regenerate and sanctify or not. 

Dt. 29 : 4 Yet the Lord hath not given you an heart to per- 
ceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day. 

Jer. 5 : 14 Wherefore thus saith the Lord God of hosts. Be- 
cause ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy 
mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them. 

Mat. 13 : 10 And the disciples came, and said unto him. Why 
speakest thou unto them in parables? 11 He answered and 
said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mys- 
teries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. 

20 : 15 Is it not lawful for me to do what 1 will with mine 
own 1 is thine eye evil because I am good 1 16 So the last 
shall be first, and the first last : for many be called, but few 
chosen. 

Mk. 4: 11 And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to 
know the mystery of the kingdom of God : but unto them that 
are without, all these things are done in parables : 12 That 
seeing they may see, and not perceive ; and hearing they may 
hear, and not understand ; lest at any time they should be con- 
verted, and tkeir sins should be forgiven them. 

Rom. 9 : 22 What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to 
make his power known, endured with much long-suflering 
the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction : 23 And that he 
might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of 
mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory. 

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231 god's prerogatives. 

To try by Tempters— To control the Heart. 



2 Tim. 2 : 25 In meekness instructing those that oppose 
themselves ; if God peradventure will give them repentance 
to the acknowledging of the truth. [See 223.] 

5. To try us by tempters and temptations. 

Dt. 13 : 1 If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer 
of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, 2 And the sign 
or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, say- 
ing. Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, 
and let us serve them ; 3 Thou shalt not hearken unto the 
words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams : for the 
Lord your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the 
Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul. 

1 K. 22 : 20 And the Lord said. Who shall persuade Ahab, 
that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead 7 And one said 
on this manner, and another said on that manner. 21 And 
there came forth a spirit, and stood before the Lord, and said, 
I will persuade him. 22 And the Lord said unto him, Where- 
with ? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit 
in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt 
persuade him, and prevail also : go forth, and do so. 

Job 2 : 6 And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, he is in 
thine hand ; but save his life. 7 So went Satan forth from 
the presence of the Lord, and smote Job with sore boils from 
the sole of his foot unto his crown. 

Mat. 4 : 1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wil- 
derness to be tempted of the devil. 

1 Cor. 11 : 19 For there must be also heresies among you, 
that they which are approved may be made manifest among 
you. 

6. To form and control the hearts of men. 

1 S. 26 : 19 Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king 
hear the words of his servant. If the Lord have stirred thee 
up against me, let him accept an offering : but if they he the 
children of men, cursed he they before the Lord ; for they have 
driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the 
Lord, saying, Go, serve other gods. 

Ps. 33 : 14 From the place of his habitation he looketh upon 
all the inhabitants of the earth. 15 He fashioneth their hearts 
ahke ; he considereth all their works. 

Is. 45 : 9 Wo unto him that striveth with his Maker ! Let 
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To use Creatures. 



the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the 
clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou ? or thy 
work, He hath no hands ? 

Rom. 9 : 20 Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest 
against God ? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed 
it, Why hast thou made me thus ? 21 Hath not the potter 
power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel un- 
to honor, and another unto dishonor ? [See 247.] 

7, To use all creatures in fulfilling his designs. 

2 S. 7 : 14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If 
he commit iniquity, 1 will chasten him with the rod of men, 
and with the stripes of the children of men. 

2 K. 5 : 1 Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of 
Syria, was a great man with his master, and honorable, because 
by him the Lord had given dehverance unto Syria. 

1 Ch. 6 : 15 And Jehozadak went into captivity, when the 
Lord carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Neb- 
uchadnezzar. 

Job 1 : 15 And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them 
away. 17 The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell 
upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain 
the servants with the edge of the sword. 21 The Lord gave 
and the Lord hath taken away ; blessed be the name of the Lord! 
Ps. 17 : 13 Arise, O Lord, dissapoint him, cast him down : 
dehver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword : 14 Prom 
men which are thy hand, O Lord, from men of the world, which 
have their portion in this life. 

Is. 10 : 5 O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff 
m their hand is mine indignation. 6 I will send him ao-ainst 
a hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will 
I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and 
to tread them down like the mire of the streets. 7 Howbeit 
he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so ; but it is in 
his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few. 12 Where- 
fore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed 
his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will 
punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria and 
the glory of his high looks. 15 Shall the axe boast itself 
against him that heweth therewith ? or shall the saw magnify 
iteell against him that shaketh it ? as if the rod should shake 

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To require Life— To punish. 



itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift 
up itself, as if it were no wood. 

Jer. 27 : 8 And it shall come to pass, that the nation and 
kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the 
king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the 
yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith 
the Lord, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the 
pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand. 

Ezk. 25 : 14 And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by 
the hand of my people Israel. 

Hab. 1 : 6 For lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and 
hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the 
land, to possess the dwelling-places that are not theirs. 12 O 
Lord, thou hast ordained them for judgment : and, O mighty 
God, thou hast estabUshed them for correction. 

8. To require human life to be taken away at his pleasure. 

Gen. 22 : 2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son 
Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah ; 
and offer him there for a burnt-offering upon one of the mount- 
ains which 1 will tell thee of 

Dt. 20 : 16 But of the cities of these people which the Lord 
thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save 
alive nothing that breatheth : 17 But thou shalt utterly destroy 
them, namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, 
and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, as the Lord 
thy God hath commanded thee : 18 That they teach you not 
to do after all their abominations which they have done unto 
their gods ; so should ye sin against the Lord your God. 

1 S. 15 : 3 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy 
all that they have, and spare them not ; but slay both man 
and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass. 

9. To punish by wicked rulers, Src. 

1 K. 19 : 15 And the Lord said unto him. Go, return on thy 
way to the wilderness of Damascus : and when thou comest, 
anoint Hazael to he king over Syria. 

2 K. 8 : 12 And Hazael said. Why weepeth my lord ? And 
he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the 
children of Israel : their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and 
their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash 
their children, and rip up their women with child. 

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To vindicate — ^Will be maintained.— God's Plan eternal and immutable. 



Ezk. 20 : 24 Because they had not executed my judgments, 
but had despised my statutes, and had polluted my sabbaths, 
and their eyes were after their fathers' idols. 25 Wherefore 
I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments 
whereby they should not live ; 26 And I polluted them in their 
own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that 
openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end 
that they might know that I am the Lord. 

Dan. 4 : 17 The Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, 
and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the 
basest of men. 

Hos. 13 : 11 I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him 
away in my wrath. 

10. To vindicate himself and his servants. 

Dt. 32 : 35 To me helongeth vengeance, and recompense. 

Ps. 94 : 1 O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth ; O 
God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself 

Rom. 12 : 19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but 
rather give place unto wrath : for it is written. Vengeance is 
mine ; I will repay, saith the Lord. [See 472.] 

232. God will maintain his prerogatives. 

Is. 42 : 8 I am the Lord : that is my name : and my glory 
will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images. 

48 : 11 For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I 
do it : for how should my name be polluted ? and I will not 
give my glory unto another. 

PURPOSES OF GOD. 

233. God has a perfect plan of operations. 
Dt. 32 : 4 He is the Rock, his work is perfect. 

Ps. 104 : 24 O Lord, how manifold are thy works ! in wisdom 
hast thou made them all. 

Ec. 3 : 14 I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for 
ever : nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it : 
and God doeth lY, that men should fear before him. 

234. 7%e purposes of God eternal and immutable. 

Job 23 : 13 But he is in one mind, and who can turn him ? 
and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth. 

Ps. 33 : 11 The coiinsel of the Lord standeth for ever, the 
thoughts of his heart to all generations. 

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235, 236 god's purposes. 



Universal — Respecting Evil. 



Pr. 19 : 21 There are many devices in a man's heart; never- 
theless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand. 

Is. 14 : 24 The Lord of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as 
I have thought, so shall it come to pass ; and as I have pur- 
posed, .90 shall it stand. 27 For the Lord of hosts hath pur- 
posed, and who shall disannul it 7 and his hand is stretched 
out, and who shall turn it back ? 

46 : 9 I am God, and there is none else ; 1 am God, and there 
is none like me, 10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and 
from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying. 
My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure. 

Ep. 3: 11 According to the eternal purpose which he pur- 
posed in Christ Jesus our Lord. 

235. The purposes of God universal and particular. 

Job 14 : 5 Seeing his days are determined, the number of 
his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that 
he cannot pass. 

Is. 14 : 26 This is the purpose that is purposed upon the 
whole earth : and this is the hand that is stretched out upon 
all the nations. 

Ac. 17 : 26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men 
for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined 
the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation. 

Ep. 1:11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, 
being predestinated according to the purpose of him who 
worketh all thina^s after the counsel of his own will. 

236. Purposes of God respecting natural and Tnoral evil 

Ac. 2 : 23 Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel 
and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked 
hands have crucified and slain. 

4 : 27 For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom 
thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the 
Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together, 
28 For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined 
before to be done. 

13 : 29 And when they had fulfilled all that was written of 
him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sep- 
ulchre. 

1 Pet. 2 : 8 And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, 
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National Election. 



even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient : 
whereunto also they were appointed. 

Jude 4 For there are certain men crept in unawares, who 
were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly- 
men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and de- 
nying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. 

Rev. 17 : 17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his 
will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until 
the words of God shall be fulfilled. [See 249.] 

237. National election. 

Ex. 4 : 22 Thus saith the Lord, Israel is my son, even my 
first-born. 

Dt. 4 : 20 But the Lord hath taken you, and brought you 
forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him 
a people of inheritance, as ye are this day. 

7 : 6 For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God : 
the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto 
himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth. 

10 : 15 Only the Lord had a delight in thy fathers to love 
them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all 
people, as it is this day. 

32 : 9 For the Lord's portion is his people ; Jacob is the lot 
of his inheritance. 10 He found him in a desert land, and in 
the waste howling wilderness ; he led him about, he instructed 
him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. 

Ps. 33 : 12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord j 
and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance. 

135 : 4 For the Lord hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and 
Israel for his pecuhar treasure. 

Is. 45 : 4 For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine 
elect, I have even called thee by thy name. 

Ezk. 20 : 5 And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God ; 
In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up my hand unto 
the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto 
them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up my hand unto 
them saying, I am the Lord your God. 

Rom. 3:1 What advantage then hath the Jew? or what 
profit is there of circumcision ? 2 Much every way : chiefly, 
because that unto them were committed the oracles of God. 

9 : 4 Who are Israelites ; to whom pertaineth the adoption, 

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Individual Election. 



and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law 
and the service of God, and the promises. ' 

238. Individual election. 

Mat. 20: 16 So the last shall be first, and the first last: for 
many be called, but few chosen. 

24 : 22 But for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. 

Jn. 13: 18 I speak not of you all; I know whom I have 
chosen. 

15 : 16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and 
ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that 
your fruit should remain. 19 If ye were of the world, the 
world would love his own ; but because ye are not of' tlie 
world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the 
world hateth you. 

Ac. 13 : 48 And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, 
and glorified the word of the Lord : and as many as were or- 
dained to eternal life, believed. 

Rom. 8 : 28 And we know that all things work together for 
good, to them that love God, to them who are the called accord- 
ing to his purpose. 29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did 
predestinate to he conformed to the image of his Son, that he 
might be the first-born among many brethren. 

9 : 10 And not only this ; but when Rebecca also had con- 
ceived by one, even by our father Isaac. 11 (For the children 
being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that 
the purpose of God, according to election might stand, not of 
works, but of him that calleth;) 12 It was said unto her, The 
elder shall serve the younger. 13 As it is written, Jacob have 
1 loved, but Esau have I hated. 14 What shall we say then ? 
Is there unrighteousness with God ? God forbid. 15 For he 
saith to Moses : I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy 
and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. 

11:5 Even so then at this present time also there is a rem- 
nant according to the election of grace. 7 What then ? Is- 
rael hath not obtained that which he seeketh for ; but the elec- 
tion hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded. 

Ep. 1 : 4 According as he hath chosen us in him, before the 
foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without 
blame before him in love. 11 In whom also we have obtained 
an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose 
of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will 
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Election before Faith— Vessels of Wrath. 



1 Th. 1 : 4 Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God. 
5 : 9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain 

salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ. 

2 Th. 2 : 13 But we are bound to give thanks always to God 
for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from 
the beginning chosen you to salvation, through sanctification 
of the Spirit, and belief of the truth. 

1 Pet. 1 : 2 Elect accoding to the foreknowledge of God the 
Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience 
and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ. 

239. Election previous to faith. 

Ep. 1 : 4 According as he hath chosen us in him, before the 
foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without 
blame before him in love. 

Rev. 17 : 8 The beast that thou sawest, was, and is not ; 
and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdi- 
tion : and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, (whose 
names were not written in the book of life from the foundation 
of the world,) when they behold the beast that was, and is not, 
and yet is. 

240. Purposes of God respecting the ^^ vessels ofwrathP 
Ex. 9 : 16 And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee 

up, for to shew in thee my power ; and that my name may be 
declared throughout all the earth. 

Pr. 16:4 The Lord hath made all things for himself: yea, 
even the wicked for the day of evil. 

Mk. 4:11 And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to 
know the mystery of the kingdom of God : but unto them that 
are without, all these thmgs are done in parables : 12 That 
seeing they may see, and not perceive ; and hearing they may 
hear, and not understand ; lest at any time they should be con- 
verted, and their sins should be forgiven them. 

Rom. 9 : 17 For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for 
this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew 
my poAver in thee, and that my name might be declared 
throughout all the earth. 22 What if God, willing to shewAis 
wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much long- 
suffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction: 23 And 
that he might make known the riches of his glory on the ves- 
sels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory, 24 Even 

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241 — 243 god's purposes — god s providence. 

Means and Ends — Means encouraged. — God's Providence universal. 



US, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the 
Gentiles ? 

2 Cor. 13:5 Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith j 
prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how 
that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates ? 6 But 
I trust that ye shall know that we are not reprobates. 

2 Pet. 2 : 12 But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be 
taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they under- 
stand not ; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption. 

241. God's purposes include means and ends. 

Ac. 27 : 22 And now I exhort you to be of good cheer : for 
there shall be no loss of any man's life among you, but of the 
ship. 23 For there stood by me this night the angel of God, 
whose I am, and whom I serve, 24 Saying, Fear not, Paul ; 
thou must be brought before Cesar : and lo, God hath given 
thee all them that sail with thee. 30 And as the shipmen were 
about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat 
into the sea, under color as though they would have cast 
anchors out of the foreship, 31 Paul said to the centurion, and 
to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be 
saved. 

2 Th. 2:13 But we are bound to give thanks always to God 
for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from 
the beginning chosen you to salvation, through sanctification 
of the Spirit, and belief of the truth. 

1 Pet. 1 : 2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the 
Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and 
sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ. 

242. God^s purposes encourage the use of means. 

Ac. 18 : 9 Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a 
vision. Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace : 
10 For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee, to hurt 
thee : for I have much people in this city. 11 And he continued 
there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among 
them. 

PROVIDENCE. 

243. The providence or agency of God universal and particular. 

Ps. 147 : 8 Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who pre- 
pareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the 
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Provision for All. 



mountains. 9 He giveth to the beast his food, and to the 
young ravens which cry. 15 He sendeth forth his command- 
ment upon earth : his word runneth very swiftly. 16 He giveth 
snow hke wool : he scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes. 17 He 
casteth forth his ice like morsels : who can stand before his 
cold ? 18 He sendeth out his word, and melteth them : he 
causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow. 

Pr. 16 : 33 The lot is cast into the lap ; but the whole dis- 
posing thereof is of the Lord. 

Is. 26 : 12 Lord, thou wilt ordain peace for us : for thou also 
hast wrought all our works in us. 

45 : 7 I form the light, and create darkness : I make peace, 
and create evil : I the Lord do all these things. 

Dan. 4 : 35 And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed 
as nothing : and he doeth according to his will in the army of 
heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth : and none can 
stay his hand, or say unto him. What doest thou ? 

Am. 3 : 6 Shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath 
not done it 7 

Mat. 10 : 29 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing ? and 
one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. 
30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 

Rom. 11 : 36 For of him, and through him, and to him are 
all things : to whom he glory for ever. 

Ep. 1 ; 1 1 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, 
being predestinated according to the purpose of him who 
worketh all things after the counsel of his own will. 

Ph. 2 : 13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will 
and to do of his good pleasure. 

Heb. 13 : 20 Now the God of peace, that brought again from 
the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, 
through the blood of the everlasting covenant, 21 Make you 
perfect in every good work, to do his will, working in you that 
which is well-pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ ; to 
whom be glory for ever and ever. 

244. Providence supplies temporal wants. 

Ps. 104 : 14 He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and 
herb for the service of man : that he may bring forth food out 
of the earth : 15 And wine that maketh glad the heart of 
man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which 

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Dependence — Preservation. 



strengtheneth man's heart. 21 The young hons roar after 
their prey, and seek their meat from God. 27 These wait all 
upon thee ; that thou mayest give them their meat in due sea- 
eon. 28 That thou givest them, they gather : thou openest 
thy hand, they are filled with good. 

Mat. 5 : 45 He maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the 
good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. 

6 : 26 Behold the fowls of the air : for they sow not, neither 
do they reap, nor gather into barns ; yet your heavenly Father 
feedeth them. 28 And why take ye thought for raiment? 
Consider the lilies of the field how they grow ; they toil not, 
neither do they spin ; 29 And yet I say unto you, That even 
Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 
30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which 
to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not 
much more clothe you, O ye of little faith ? 

245. All creatures dependent upon God's providence. 

Job 12 : 10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, 
and the breath of all mankind. Dan. 5 : 23. 

Ps. 87 : 7 All my springs are in thee. 

Jer. 10 : 23 O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in 
himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps. 

18 : 6 Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye 
in my hand, O house of Israel. 

Jn. 15 : 5 Without me ye can do nothing. 

Ac. 17 : 26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men 
for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined 
the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation ; 
27 That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel 
after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one 
of us : 28 For in him we Uve, and move, and have our being ; 
as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also 
his offspring. 

2 Cor. 3 : 5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think 
any thing as of ourselves ; but our sufficiency is of God. 

246. All creatures preserved by God^s providence. 

Neh. 9 : 6 Thou, even thou, art Lord alone ; thou hast made 
heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, 
and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, 
and thou preservest them all. 
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god's providence. 247 

Control of the Heart. 

Job 7 : 20 I have sinned ; what shall I do unto thee, O thou 
Preserver of men ? why hast thou set me as a mark against 
thee, so that I am a burden to myself? 

10 : 12 Thy visitation hath preserved my spirit. 

34 : 14 If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto him- 
self his spirit and his breath ; 15 All flesh shall perish together, 
and man shall turn again unto dust. 

Ps. 36 : 6 O Lord, thou preservest man and beast. 

63 : 8 Thy right hand upholdeth me. 

66 : 8 O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his 
praise to be heard : 9 Which holdeth our soul in life, and suf- 
fereth not our feet to be moved. 

121 : 7 The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall 
preserve thy soul. 

Heb. 1 : 3 Upholding all things by the word of his power. 

247. God's control of the hearts of his creatures. 

Ezra 7 : 27 Blessed be the Lord God of our fathers, which 
hath put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify 
the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem. 

Pr. 16 : 1 The preparations of the heart in man, and the 
answer of the tongue, is from the Lord. 9 A man's heart de- 
viseth his way : but the Lord directeth his steps. 

21 : 1 The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the 
rivers of water : he turneth it whithersoever he will. 

Is. 64 : 8 But now, O Lord, thou art our Father ; we are 
the clay, and thou our potter ; and we all are the work of thy 
hand. 

Zee. 12 : 1 The burden of the word of the Lord for Israel, 
saith the Lord, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth 
the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man 
within him. 

Ac. 16 : 14 And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of 
purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard 
lis : whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the 
things which were spoken of Paul. 

Rom. 9 : 20 Shall the thing formed say to him that formed 
li, Why hast thou made me thus ? 21 Hath not the potter 
power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel 
unto honor, and another unto dishonor ? 

[See 231, (6) God's Prerogatives.] 

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Control of popular Favor — Moral Evils and Delusions. 



248. God^s control of popular favor and frowns. 

Gen. 39 : 21 But the Lord was with Joseph, and shewed 
him mercy, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of 
the prison. 

Ex. 3 : 21 And I will give this people favor in the sight of 
the Egyptians : and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye 
shall not go empty. 

1 Ch. 5 : 26 And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of 
Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser king of 
Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and 
the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh. 

Dan. 1 : 9 Now God had brought Daniel into favor and 
tender love with the prince of the eunuchs. 

Ac. 7 : 9 And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph 
into Egypt : but God was with him, 10 And delivered him out 
of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom in the 
sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt ; and he made him governor 
over Egypt, and all his house. 

249. God^s providence in respect to moral evils and delusions. 

Ex. 7 : 3 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply 
my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt. 

9 : 12 And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he 
hearkened not unto them ; as the Lord had spoken unto Moses. 

10 : 1 And the Lord said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh : 
for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants j 
that I might shew these my signs before him. 

14 : 8 And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of 
Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel. 17 And 1, 
behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they 
shall follow them : and I will get me honor upon Pharaoh, and 
upon all his host. 

Dt. 2 : 30 But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass 
by him : for the Lord thy God hardened his spirit, and made 
his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thine hand, 
as appear eth this day. 

Jos. 11 : 19 There was not a city that made peace with the 
children of Israel, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon : 
all other they took in battle. 20 For it was of the Lord to 
harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in 
battle, that he might destroy them utterly, and that they might 
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Moral Evils and Delusions. 



have no favor, but that he might destroy them, as the Lord 
commanded Moses. 

Jud. 7 : 22 And the Lord set every man's sword agamst his 
fellow, even throughout all the host. 

2 S. 24 : 1 And again the anger of the Lord was kindled 
against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, 
number Israel and Judah. 

1 K. 22 : 23 Now therefore, behold, the Lord hath put a ly- 
ing spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets. 

Job 17 : 4 For thou hast hid their heart from understanding; 
therefore shalt thou not exalt them. 

Ps. 105 : 25 He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal 
subtilely with his servants. 

119 : 36 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to 
covetousness. 

141 : 4 Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practice 
wicked works with men that work iniquity. 

Is. 19 : 14 The Lord hath mingled a perverse spirit in the 
midst thereof 

29 : 10 For the Lord hath poured out upon you the spirit of 
deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes : the prophets and your 
rulers, the seers hath he covered. 

44 : 18 They have not known nor understood : for he hath 
shut their eyes, that they cannot see ; and their hearts, that 
they cannot understand. 

45 : 7 I form the light, and create darkness : I make peace, 
and create evil : I the Lord do all these things. 

63 : 17 O Lord, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways. 
and hardened our heart from thy fear ? 

Ezk. 14 : 9 And if the prophet be deceived when he hath 
spoken a thing, I the Lord have deceived that prophet, and I 
will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from 
the midst of my people Israel. 

Zee. 8 : 10 For before these days there was no hire for man, 
nor any hire for beast ; neither was there any peace to him' 
that went out or came in because of the affliction : for I set all 
men every one against his neighbor. 

Lk. 10 : 21 In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I 
thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou 
hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast re- 

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Good out of Evil— Not the Author of Confusion. 



vealed them unto babes: even so. Father; for so it seemed 
good in thy sight. 

Jn. 12 : 39 Therefore they could not believe, because that 
Esaias said again, 40 He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened 
their heart ; that they should not see with their eyes, nor under- 
stand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal 
them. 41 These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and 
spake of him. 

Rom. 9 : 18 Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have 
mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth. 

11 : 7 What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he 
seeketh for ; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest 
were blinded. 8 (According as it is written, God hath given 
them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and 
ears that they should not hear ;) unto this day. 

2 Thes. 2 : 10 They received not the love of the truth, that 
they might be saved. 11 And for this cause God shall send 
them strong delusion, that they should beheve a lie : 12 That 
they all might be damned who beheved not the truth, but had 
pleasure in unrighteousness. 

Rev. 17 : 17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his 
will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until 
the words of God shall be fulfilled. [See 236.] 

250. God brings good out of evil. 

Ps. 76: 10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the 
remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain. 

Rom. 3 : 5 But if our unrighteousness commend the righte- 
ousness of God, what shall we say ? Is God unrighteous who 
taketh vengeance ? (I speak as a man,) 6 God forbid : for then 
how shall God judge the world ? 7 For if the truth of God 
hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet 
am I also judged as a sinner? 8 And not rath€7^ (as we be 
slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say) Let us 
do evil, that good may come ? whose damnation is just. 

5 : 20 Where sin abounded, grace did much more abound. 

8 : 28 And we know that all things work together for good, 
to them that love God. 

251. The sense in which delusions and moral evils are not of 
God. 
Jer. 7 : 9 Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and 
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God's motives and Man's. 



swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other 
gods whom ye know not; 10 And come and stand before me 
in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are 
delivered to do all these abominations ? 

1 Cor. 14 : 33 For God is not the author o? confusion, but of 
peace, as in all churches of the saints. 

Jam. 1 : 13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am 
tempted of God : for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither 
tempteth he any man : 14 But every man is tempted, when he 

15 drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. 15 Then, when 
lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin; and sin, when it is 
finished, bringeth forth death. 16 Do not err, my beloved 
brethren. 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from 
above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom 
is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. 

3 : 14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts 
glory not, and lie not against the truth. 35 This wisdom de- 
scendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devihsh. 

16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every 
evil work. 17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, 
then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy 
and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. 

IJn. 2 : 16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh 
and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Fa- 
ther, but is of the world. 

252. God and mankind often have different motives in effect- 
ing the same events. 

Gen. 45 : 4 And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near 
to me, I pray you : and they came near : and he said, I am 
Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. 5 Now there- 
fore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold 
me hither : for God did send me before you to preserve life 
6 For these two years hath the famine been in the land : and yet 
there are five years, in the which there shall neither he earing 
nor harvest. ^ 

50 : 19 And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in 
the place of God ? 20 But as for you, ye thought evil against 
me ; hut God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this 
day, to save much people alive. 

Is. 10 : 5 O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in 

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Free Agency under. 



their hand is mine indignation. 6 I will send him against a 
hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I 
give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and 
to tread them down like the mire of the streets. 7 Howbeit he 
meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so ; but it is in 
his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few. 12 Where- 
fore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed 
his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will pun- 
ish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the 
glory of his high looks. 

Mk. 15 : 9 But Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I 
release unto you the King of the Jews ? 10 (For he knew 
that the chief priests had delivered him for envy.) 

Jn. 3 : 16 God so loved the world, that he gave his only-be- 
gotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him, should not perish, 
but have everlasting life. 

Ac. 2 : 23 Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel 
and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked 
hands have crucified and slain. 

253. Mankind act freely under the universal providence of 
God. 

Gen. 42 : 21 And they said one to another, We are verily 
guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of 
his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear j there- 
fore is this distress come upon us. 

Ex. 8 : 32 And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, 
neither would he let the people go. 

9 : 27 And Pharaoh sent and called for Moses and Aaron, 
and said unto them, I have sinned this time : the Lord is 
righteous, and I and my people are wicked. 

1o : 16 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; 
and he said, I have sinned against the Lord your God, and 
against you. 17 Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin 
only this once, and entreat the Lord your God that he may 
take away from me this death only. 

Dt. 30 : 19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against 
you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and 
cursing : therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may 

live. 

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Free Agency under. 



Jos. 24 : 15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, 
choose you this day whom ye will serve. 

2 S. 24 : 1 And again the anger of the Lord was kindled 
against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, 
number Israel and Judah. 10 And David's heart smote him 
after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto 
the Lord, I have sinned greatly in that I have done : and now, 
I beseech thee, O Lord, take away the iniquity of thy servant j 
for I have done very foolishly. 

Pr. 1 : 10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. 
29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear 
of the Lord : 30 They would none of my counsel : they de- 
spised all my reproof. 31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit 
of their own way, and be filled with their own devices. 

16 : 9 A man's heart deviseth his way : but the Lord directeth 
his steps. 

23 : 26 My son, give me thy heart. 

Song 1 : 4 Draw me, we will run after thee. 

Is. 5 : 3 And uoav, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of 
Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard. 

Hos. 13 : 9 O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself. 

Mat. 13 : 15 For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their 
ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed. 

Mat. 18 : 7 Wo unto the world because of offences ! for it 
must needs be that offences come ; but wo to that man by 
whom the offence cometh ! 

Lk. 22 : 22 And truly the Son of man goeth as it was deter- 
mined : but wo unto that man by whom he is betrayed ! 

23 : 39 And one of the malefactors, which were hanged, 
railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us. 
40 But the other answering, rebuked him, saying. Dost not 
thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation ? 

Jn. 5 : 40 And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life. 

Ac. 4 : 27 For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom 
thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the 
Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together, 
28 For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined 
before to be done. 

Rom. 2 : 15 (Which shew the work of the law written in their 
hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts 
the mean while accusing, or else excusing one another.) 

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254, 255 god's providence. 



Objections— Objectors reproved. 



Ph. 2 : 12 Work out your own salvation with fear and trem- 
bling : 13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and 
to do of his good pleasure. 

[See Invitations, 286, 289, 290, and Probation, 468, 469, and 
Regeneration, 505, 506.] 

254. Objections against God's 'providential government. 
Rom. 3 : 7 For if the truth of God hath more abounded 

through my lie unto his glory ; why yet am I also judged as a 
sinner ? 8 And not rather (as we be slanderously reported, 
and as some affirm that we say) Let us do evil, that good may 
come ? whose damnation is just. 

9 : 19 Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find 
fault 1 for who hath resisted his will ? 20 Nay, but, O man, 
who art thou that repUest against Godl Shall the thing 
formed say to him that formed it^ Why hast thou made me 
thus ? 21 Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same 
lump to make one vessel unto honor, and another unto dishonor ? 

255. Objectors against Providence reproved. 

Job 40 : 2 Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty in- 
struct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it. 

Is. 45 : 9 Wo unto him that striveth with his Maker \ Let the 
potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay 
say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou ? or thy work. 
He hath no hands ? 10 Wo unto him that saith unto his father, 
What begettest thou? or to the woman. What hast thou 
brought forth ? 

Mat. 20 : 15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with 
mine own ? Is thine eye evil because I am good ? 

Lk. 19 : 27 But those mine enemies, which would not that I 
should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me. 

Rom. 9 r20 Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against 
God ? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it^ Why 
hast thou made me thus ? 21 Hath not the potter power over the 
clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honor, and an- 
other unto dishonor 1 22 What if God, willing to shew his wrath, 
and to make his power known, endured with much long-suffering 
the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction : 23 And that he might 
make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, 
which he had afore prepared unto glory, 24 Even us, whom 
he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles ? 
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Wonders of. 



256. The works and ways of Providence wonderful and in- 
comprehensible. 

Ex. 15 : 11 Who is like unto thee, O Lord, among the gods? 
who is hke thee, glorious in hohness, fearful in praises, doing 
wonders ? 

Dt. 4 : 32 For ask now of the days that are past, which were 
before thee, since the day that God created man upon the 
earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, 
whether there hath been aiiy such thing as this great thing is, 
or hath been heard Hke it ? .33 Did ever people hear the voice 
of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, 
and live ? 34 Or hath God assayed to go and take him a na- 
tion from the midst of: another nation, by temptations, by signs, 
and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and°by 
a stretched-out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that 
the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? 

Job 5 : 8 I would seek unto God, and unto God would I 
commit my cause : 9 Which doeth great things and unsearch- 
able, marvellous things without number. 

Ps. 77 : 11 I will remember the works of the Lord : surely 1 
will remember thy wonders of old. 12 I will meditate also of 
all thy work, and talk of thy doings. 13 Thy way, O God, is 
in the sanctuary : who is so great a God as our God ! 14 Thou 
art the God that doest wonders: thou hast declared thy 
strength among the people. 

Dan. 4 : 3 How great are his signs ! and how mighty are 
his wonders ! his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his 
dominion is from generation to generation. 

Incomprehensible. 

^ Ps. 36 : 6 Thy righteousness is like the great mountains ; thy 
judgments are a great deep : O Lord, thou preservest man 
and beast. 

77 : 19 Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in ihe great 
waters, and thy footsteps are not known. 

97 : 2 Clouds and darkness are round about him : righteous- 
ness and judgment are the habitation of his throne. 

Pr. 25 : 2 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing : but the 
honor of kings is to search out a matter. 

Ec. 3 : 11 He hath made every thing beautiful in his time : 
also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can 

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Why God works. 



find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the 
end. 

Rom. 11 : 33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom 
and knowledge of God ! how unsearchable are his judgments, 
and his ways past finding out ! 34 For Avho hath known the 
mind of the Lord ? or who hath been his counsellor ? 35 Or 
who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto 
him again ? 36 For of him, and through him, and to him are 
all things : to whom he glory for ever. Amen. 

257. Why does God work such wonders 7 

Ex. 8 : 22 And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, 
in which my people dwell, that no swarms ofjiies shall be there ; 
to the end thou mayest know that I am the Lord in the midst 
of the earth. 

9 : 16 And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee 
up, for to shew in thee my power ; and that my name may be 
declared throughout all the earth. 

Dt. 4 : 35 Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know 
that the Lord he is God ; there is none else beside him. 

36 Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he 
might instruct thee : and upon earth he shewed thee his great 
fire ; and thou heardest his words out oi' the midst of the fire. 

37 And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their 
seed after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his 
mighty power out of Egypt ; 38 To drive out nations from 
before thee, greater and mightier than thou art, to bring thee 
in, to give thee their land /or an inheritance, as it is this day. 
39 Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, 
that the Lord he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth 
beneath : there is none else. 

Jos. 4 ! 23 For the Lord your God dried up the waters ot 
Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as the 
Lord your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from 
before us, until we were gone over : 24 That all the people of 
the earth might know the hand of the Lord, that it is mighty: 
that ye might fear the Lord your God for ever. 

1 K. 18 : 37 Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that this people 
may know that thou art the Lord God, and that thou hast 
turned their heart back again. 38 Then the fire of the Lord 
fell, and consumed the burnt-sacrifice, and the wood, and the 
stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the 
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Glorifies God — Submission to. 



trench. 39 And when all the people saw it^ they fell on their 
faces : and they said, The Lord, he is the God ; the Lord, he 
is the God. 

Ezk. 25 : 7 Behold, therefore I will stretch out mine hand 
upon thee, and will deliver thee for a spoil to the heathen ; 
and I will cut thee off from the people, and I will cause thee 
to perish out of the countries : I will destroy thee 3 and thou 
shalt know that I am the Lord. 

Dan. 4 : 25 That they shall drive thee from men, and thy 
dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall 
make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with 
the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till 
thou know that the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, 
and giveth it to whomsoever he will. [See 203.] 

258. God will be glorified by all his works. 

Num. 14 : 20 And the Lord said, I have pardoned accord- 
ing to thy word : 21 But as truly as I live, all the earth shall 
be filled with the glory of the Lord. 

Ps. 46 : 10 Be still, and know that I am God : I will be ex- 
alted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. 

76 : 10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee : the re- 
mainder of wrath shalt thou restrain. 

86 : 9 All nations whom thou hast made shall come and 
worship before thee, O Lord ; and shall glorify thy name. 

104 : 31 The glory of the Lord shall endure for ever : the 
Lord shall rejoice in his works. 

145 : 10 All thy works shall praise thee, O Lord j and thy 
saints shall bless thee. 11 They shall speak of the glory of 
thy kingdom, and talk of thy power ; 12 To make known to the 
sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his 
kingdom. 

259. 7%e providential government of God a reason far sub- 
mission. 

1 S. 3 : 18 It is the Lord : let him do what seemeth him 
good. 

2 S. 16 : 10 And the king said, What have I to do with you, 
ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the Lord hath 
said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then say. Wherefore 
hast thou done so ? 11 And David said to Abishai, and to all 
his servants Behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, 

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Wisdom of considering God's Providence— God the rightful Lawgiver. 



seeketh my life : how much more now may this Benjamite do 
it? let him alone, and let him curse j for the Lord hath bid- 
den him. 

Job 1 : 15 And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them 
away ; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the 
sword ; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. 21 The 
Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away ; blessed be the 
name of the Lord. 22 In all this Job sinned not, nor charged 
God foolishly. 

Ps. 39 : 9 I was dumb, I opened, not my mouth ; because thou 
didst it. 

Jn. 18: 11 Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword 
into the sheath : the cup which my Father hath given me, 
shall I not drink it ? [See 271.] 

260. 7%e wisdom, of exhibiting and of studying the perfec- 
tioTis, purposes, and providential government of God. 

Dt. 32 : 2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall 
distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and 
as the showers upon the grass : 3 Because I will publish the 
name of the Lord. 

Ps. 36 : 9 For with thee is the fountain of life : in thy light 
shall we see light. 

Jn. 17 : 25 O righteous Father, the world hath not known 
thee : but I have known thee, and these have known that thou 
hast sent me. 26 And I have declared unto them thy name, 
and will declare it : that the love wherewith thou hast loved 
me, may be in them, and I in them. 

2 Cor. 3 : 18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a 
glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image 
from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. 

LAW OF GOD. 

261. God the supreme and rightfid Lawgiver. 

Ps. 22 : 28 For the kingdom is the Lord's : and he is the 
governor among the nations. 

47 : 2 For the Lord Most High is terrible ; h£ is a great 

King over all the earth. 7 For God is the King of all the 

earth : sing ye praises with understanding. 8 God reigneth 

over the heathen : God sitteth upon the throne of his hohness. 

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Law sacred — Reasonable. 



89 : 18 The Lord is our defence ; and the Holy One of Israel 
is our King. 

99 : 1 The Lord reigneth ; let the people tremble : he sitteth 
between the cherubims, let the earth be moved. 

103 : 19 The Lord hath prepared his throne in the heavens j 
and his kingdom ruleth over all. 

146 : 10 The Lord shall reign for ever, even thy God, O 
Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye the Lord. 

Is. 33 : 22 For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our law- 
giver, the Lord is our King ; he w^ill save us. 

Dan. 4 : 34 And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar 
lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding re- 
turned unto me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praised 
and honored him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an 
everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to 
generation. 

Rev. 19 : 6 The Lord God omnipotent reigneth. 16 And he 
hath on Ms vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING 
OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. 

262. God^s regard for his law. 

Is. 42 : 21 The Lord is well pleased for his righteousness' 
sake ; he will magnify the law, and make it honorable. 

66 : 2 To this man will I look, even to him that is poor and 
of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word. 

Mat. 5 : 17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or 
the prophets : 1 am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. 18 For 
verily, I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one 
tittle shall in no wise pass Irom the law, till all be fulfilled. 19 
Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least command- 
ments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in 
the kingdom of heaven : but whosoever shall do, and teach 
them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 

[See Bible, 34.'| 

263. The law of God reasonable and right. 

Neh. 9:13 Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and 
spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judg- 
ments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments. 

Ps. 19 : 7 The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the 
soul : the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the sim- 
ple. 8 The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart : 

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Requires Perfection. 



the commandment of the Lord is pure, enhghtening the eyes. 
9 The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever : the judg- 
ments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether. 10 More 
to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold : 
sweeter also than honey and the honey-comb. 11 Moreover, 
by them is thy servant warned : and in keeping of them there 
is great reward. 

Ps. 33:4 For the word of the Lord is right; and all his 
works are done in truth. 

119 : 86 All thy commandments are faithful. 128 Therefore 
I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right ; and 
I hate every false way. 172 My tongue shall speak of thy 
word : for all thy commandments are righteousness. 

Rom. 7 : 12 Wherefore the law is holy, and the command- 
ment holy, and just, and good. 

1 Jn. 5 : 3 His commandments are not grievous. 

264. TTie law of God requires moral perfection. 

Gen. 17 : 1 I am the Almighty God ; walk before me, and be 
thou perfect. 

Dt. 18 : 13 Thou shalt be perfect with the Lord thy God. 

1 K. 8 : 61 Let your heart therefore be perfect with the Lord 
our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his command- 
ments. 

Pr. 23 : 17 Let not thine heart envy sinners : but be thou in 
the fear of the Lord all the day long. 

Mat. 5 : 48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father 
which is in heaven is perfect. 

22 : 37 Jesus said unto him. Thou shalt love the Lord thy 
God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all tliy 
mind. 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the 
second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself 

1 Cor. 10 : 31 Whether therefore ye eat or drink, or whatso- 
ever ye do, do all to the glory of God. 

2 Cor. 7 : 1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, 
let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, 
perfecting holiness in the fear of God. 

13: 11 Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live 
in peace. 

Jam. 1 : 4 Let patience have her perfect work, that ye may 
be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. 
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Penalty of God's Law — Love to God. 



1 Pet. 1 : 15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be 
ye holy in all manner of conversation ; 16 Because it is writ- 
ten, Be ye holy ; for I am holy. 

2 Pet. 3: 11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dis- 
solved, what manner of persons ought ye be to in all holy con- 
versation and godhness, 12 Looking for and hasting unto the 
coming of the day of God. 

Jude 21 Keep yourselves in the love of God. 

265. Penalty of the law of God. 

Gen. 2 : 17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and 
evil, thou shalt not eat oi it : for in the day that thou eatest 
thereof thou shalt surely die. 

Ezk. 18 : 4 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. 

33 : 11 Say unto them. As I live, saith the Lord God, I have 
no pleasure in the death of the wicked ; but that the wicked 
turn from his way and live : turn ye, turn ye from your evil 
ways ; for why will ye die, O house of Israel ? 

Mat. 25 : 41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left 
hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, pre- 
pared for the devil and his angels. 

Jn. 8 : 51 Verily, verily, I say unto you. If a man keep my 
saying, he shall never see death. 

Rom. 6:23 For the wages of sin is death : but the gift of 
God is eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 

Jam. 1 : 15 And sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. 

Rev. 2:11 He that overcometh, shall not be hurt of the 
second death. [See 471—473.] 

GOD'S REQUIREMENTS OF THE FIRST TABLE. 

266. Love to God required and encouraged. 

Dt. 6 : 5 Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy 
heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. 

11:1 Thou shalt love the Lord thy God, and keep his charge, 
and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, 
always. 

30 : 15 See, I have set before thee this day life and good, 
and death and evil ; 16 In that I command thee this day to 
love the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his 
commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, that thou 
raayest Uve and multiply. 

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Love to God. 

Jos. 22 : 5 But take diligent lieed to do the commandment 
and the law, which Moses the servant of the Lord charged 
you, to love the Lord your God, and to walk in all his ways, 
and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and 
to serve him with all your heart, and with all your soul. 

Pr. 23 : 26 My son, give me thine heart. 

Mat. 22 : 37 Jesus said unto him. Thou shalt love the Lord 
thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all 
thy mind. 38 This is the first and great commandment. Mk. 
12 : 30 ; and Lk. 10 : 27. 

1 Cor. 16 : 22 If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, 
let him be Anathema, Maran-atha. 

Jude 21 Keep yourselves in the love of God. 

Promises, 

Ex. 20 : 6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that 
love me, and keep my commandments. 

Dt. 7 : 9 Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, 
the faithful God, which kfeepeth covenant and mercy with them 
that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand gen- 
erations. 

11 : 13 And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken dili- 
gently unto my commandments which I command you this day, 
to love the Lord your God, and to serve him with all your 
heart and with all your soul, 14 That I will give you the rain 
of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, 
that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine 
oil. 15 And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that 
thou mayest eat and be full. 

Ps. 145 : 20 The Lord preserveth all them that love him : 
but all the wicked will he destroy. 

Pr. 8 : 17 I love them that love me : and those that seek me 
early shall find me. 

Jn. 14 : 21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth 
them, he it is that loveth me : and he that loveth me, shall be 
loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest 
myself to him. 22 Judas saith unto him, (not Iscariot) Lord, 
how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not un- 
to the world ? 23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a 
man love me, he will keep my words : and my Father will 
love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with 
him. 

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Fear of God. 

Rom. 8 : 28 And we know that all things work together for 
good, to them that love God, to them who are the called accord- 
ing to his purpose. 

1 Cor. 2 : 9 But as it is written. Eye hath not seen, nor ear 
heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things 
which God hath prepared for them that love him. 

Jam. 1 : 12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation : for 
when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the 
Lord hath promised to them that love him. 

267. The fear of God required and encouraged. 

Dt. 6 : 24 And the Lord commanded us to do all these stat- 
utes, to fear the Lord our God, for our good always, that he 
might preserve us alive, as it is at this day. 

10 : 12 And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require 
of thee but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, 
and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thine 
heart and with all thy soul, 13 To keep the commandments 
of the Lord, and his statutes, which I command thee this day 
for thy good ? 20 Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God ; him 
shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by 
his name. 

Jos. 24 : 14 Now therefore, fear the Lord, and serve him in 
sincerity and in truth. 

2 K. 17 : 35 Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves 
to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them : 36 But the 
Lord, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great 
power and a stretched-out arm, him shall ye fear, and him 
shall ye worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice. 

Ps. 33 : 8 Let all the earth fear the Lord : let all the inhab- 
itants of the world stand in awe of him. 

89 : 7 God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the 
saints and to be had in reverence of all them that are about 

him. 

Pr. 23 : 17 Let not thine heart envy sinners : but be thou in 

the fear of the Lord all the day long. 

Ec. 12 : 13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: 
Fear God, and keep his commandments : for this is the whole 
duty of man. 

Is. 8 : 13 Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself; and let him be 

your fear, and lei him be your dread. 

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Fear of God. 



Lk. 12 : 5 I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear : Fear him, 
which after he hath killed, hath power to cast into hell ; yea' 
I say unto you, Fear him. ' 

Encouraged. 

Job 23 : 28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the 
Lord, that is wisdom j and to depart from evil is understand- 
ing. 

Ps. 25 : 12 What man is he that feareth the Lord ? him 
shaU he teach in the way that he shall choose. 13 His soul 
shall dwell at ease ; and his seed shall inherit the earth. 
14 The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him: and 
he will shew them his covenant. 

31 : 19 Oh how great w thy goodness, which thou hast laid 
up for them that fear thee ; which thou hast wrought for them 
that trust in thee before the sons of men ! 20 Thou shalt hide 
them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man : 
thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavihon from the strife of 
tongues. 

33 : 18 Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear 
him, upon them that hope in his mercy ; 19 To deliver their 
soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine. 

34 : 7 The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them 
that fear him, and dehvereth them. 8 O taste and see that the 
Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. 9 O* 
fear the Lord, ye his saints ; for there is no want to them that 
fear him. 

103 : 11 For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great 
IS his mercy toward them that fear him. 12 As far as the 
east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgres- 
sions from us. 13 Like as a father pitieth his children, so the 
Lord pitieth them that fear him. 

Ill : 5 He hath given meat unto them that fear him : he will 
ever be mindful of his covenant. 10 The fear of the Lord is 
the beginning of wisdom : a good understanding have all they 
that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever 
Pr. 9 : 10. 

145 : 19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him : he 
also will hear their cry, and will save them. 

147 : 11 The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear hira in 
those that hope in his mercy. . ' 

Pr. 14 : 26 In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence : and 

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Trust, not in Man, but in God. 



his children shall have a place of refuge. 27 The fear of the 
Lord is a fountain of hfe, to depart from the snares of death. 

Ec. 11 : 12 Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and 
his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well 
with them that fear God, which fear before him. 

Mai. 3 : 16 Then they that feared the Lord spake often one 
to another : and the Lord hearkened, and heard it : and a 
book of remembrance was written before him for them that 
feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name. 17 And 
they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when 
I make up my jewels ; and I will spare them, as a man spareth 
his own son that serveth him. 

4 : 2 Bat unto you that fear my name, shall the Sun of righ- 
teousness arise with healing in his wings ; and ye shall go 
forth, and grow up as calves of the stall. 

Lk. 1 : 50 And his mercy is on them that fear him, from 
generation to generation. [See 403.] 

268. Trust, not in man, but in God, required, encouraged, 
and exemplijied. 

Ps. 146 : 3 Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of 
man, in whom there is no help. 4 His breath goeth forth, he 
returneth to his earth ; in that very day his thoughts perish. 

Pr. 25 : 19 Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of 
trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint. 

28 : 26 He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool. 

Is. 2 : 22 Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils : 
for wherein is he to be accounted of? 

Jer. 17 : 5 Thus saith the Lord ; Cursed he the man that 
trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart 
departeth from the Lord. 6 For he shall be like the heath in 
the desert, and shall not see when good cometh ; but shall in- 
habit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and 
not inhabited. 

Mic. 7 : 5 Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in 
a guide : keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in 
thy bosom. 

Required. 

Ps. 4:5 Put your trust in the Lord. 

62 : 8 Trust in him at all times ; ye people, pour out your 
heart before him : God is a refuge for us. 

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Trust, not in Man, but in God. 

Ps. 115 : 9 O Israel, trust thou in the Lord : he is their help 
and their shield. 10 O house of Aaron, trust in the Lord : he 
is their help and their shield. 11 Ye that fear the Lord, trust 
in the Lord : he is their help and their shield. 

Pr. 3 : 5 Trust in the Lord with all thy heart ; and lean not 
unto thine own understanding. 

Is. 26 : 4 Trust ye in the Lord for ever : for in the Lord 
JEHOVAH is everlasting strength. 

50 : 10 Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that obey- 
eth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath 
no light ? let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon 
his God. 

Encouraged. 

2 S. 22 : 31 As for God, his way is perfect ; the word of the 
Lord is tried : he is a buckler to all them that trust in him. 
32 For who is God, save the Lord ? and who is a rock, save 
our God ? 33 God is my strength and power : and he maketh 
my way perfect. 

Ps. 2 : 12 Blessed are all they that put their trust in him. 

17 : 7 Shew thy marvellous loving-kindness, O thou that 
eavest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee 
from those that rise up against them. 

28 : 7 The Lord is my strength, and my shield ; my heart 
trusted in him, and I am helped : therefore my heart greatly 
rejoiceth 5 and with my song will I praise him. 

31 : 19 Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid 
up for them that fear thee ; which thou hast wrought for them 
that trust in thee before the sons of men ! 20 Thou shalt hide 
them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man : 
thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of 
tongues. 

32 : 10 Many sorrows shall be to the wicked : but he that 
trusteth in the Lord, mercy shall compass him about. 

34 : 22 The Lord redeemeth the soul of his servants : and 
none of them that trust in him shall be desolate. 

37 : 3 Trust in the Lord, and do good ; so shalt thou dwell 
in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. 

40 : 4 Blessed is that man that maketh the Lord his trust, 
and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies. 

112 : 6 Surely he shall not be moved for ever : the righteous 
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Trast, not in Man, but in God. 



shall be in everlasting remembrance. 7 He shall not be afraid 
of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord. 8 His 
heart is established, he shall not be afraid, until he see his de- 
sire upon his enemies. 

118 : 8 It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence 
in man. 9 It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confi- 
dence in princes. 

125 : 1 They that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Zion, 
which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever. 

Pr. 18 : 10 The name of the Lord is a strong tower : the 
riorhteous runneth into it, and is safe. 

28 : 25 He that putteth his trust in the Lord shall be made 
fat. 

29 : 25 The fear of man bringeth a snare : but whoso put- 
teth his trust in the Lord shall be safe. 

30 : 5 Every word of God is pure : he is a shield unto them 
that put their trust in him. 

Is. 26 : 3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is 
stayed on thee : because he trusteth in thee. 

57 : 13 He that putteth his trust in me shall possess the 
land, and shall inherit my holy mountain. 

Jer. 17 : 7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and 
whose hope the Lord is. 

Examples. 

1 S. 17 : 37 David said moreover. The Lord that delivered me 
out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he 
will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. 

2 K. 18 : 5 He [Hezekiah] trusted in the Lord God of Is- 
rael ; so that after him was none like him among all the kings 
of Judah, nor any that were before him. 6 For he clave to 
the Lord, and departed not from following him, but kept his 
commandments, which the Lord commanded Moses. 7 And 
the Lord was with him : and he prospered whithersoever he 
went forth : and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and 
served him not. 

Job 13 : 15 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him. 

Ps. 7 : 1 O Lord my God, in thee do I put my trust : save 
me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me. 

56 : 4 In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my 
trust ; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me. 

Dan. 3 : 16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, answered 

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Obedience and Worship. 



and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful 
to answer thee in this matter. 17 If it be so, our God whom 
we serve is able to dehver us from the burning fiery furnace, 
and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. 18 But if 
not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy 
gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up. 

269. Obeying and worshipping God required. 

Dt. 6 : 13 Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and serve him. 

10 : 12 And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God re- 
quire of thee but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his 
ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all 
thine heart and with all thy soul. 20 Thou shalt fear the 
Lord thy God ; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou 
cleave, and swear by his name. 

13 : 4 Ye shall walk after the Lord your God, and fear him, 
and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall 
serve him, and cleave unto him. 

Ps. 95 : 6 O come, let us worship and bow down : let us 
kneel before the Lord our maker. 7 For he is our God ; and 
we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. 
To-day if ye will hear his voice, 8 Harden not your heart, as 
in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wil- 
derness. 

96 : 9 O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness : fear 

before him, all the earth. 

99 : 5 Exalt ye the Lord our God, and worship at his foot- 
stool ; for he is holy. 

Ec. 12 : 13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter : 
Fear God, and keep his commandments : for this is the whole 

duty of man. 

Mat. 6 : 33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his 
righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you. 

*25 : 26 His lord answered and said unto him. Thou wicked 
and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed 
not, and gather where I have not strewed : 27 Thou oughtest 
therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then 
at my coming I should have received mine own with usury. 

Rom. 12 : 1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mer- 
cies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, 
acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 
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Joy in God. 



Col. 3 : 23 And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the 
Lord, and not unto men ; 24 Knowing that of the Lord ye 
shall receive the reward of the inheritance : for ye serve the 
Lord Christ. [See 451.] 

270. Joy in God required and exemplified. 

1 Ch. 16 : 31 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth re- 
joice : and let men say among the nations, The Lord reigneth. 
32 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fields re- 
joice, and all that is therein. 

Ps. 5 : 11 But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice : 
let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them : let 
them also that love thy name be joyful in thee. 

32 : 11 Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous : and 
shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart. 

33 : 1 Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous : fijv praise is 
comely for the upright. 

37 : 4 Delight thyself also in the Lord ; and he shall give 
thee the desires of thine heart. 

40 : 16 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in 
thee : let such as love thy salvation say continually, The Lord 
be magnified. 

68 : 3 But let the righteous be glad ; let them rejoice before 
God : yea, let them exceedingly rejoice. 4 Sing unto God, sing 
praises to his name : extol him that rideth upon the heavens 
by his name J AH, and rejoice before him. 

97 : 1 The Lord reigneth ; let the earth rejoice ; let the mul- 
titude of isles be glad thereof. 2 Clouds and darkness are 
round about him : righteousness and judgment are the habita- 
tion of his throne. 

149 : 2 Let Israel rejoice in him that made him : let the 
children of Zion be joyful in their King. 

Is. 41 : 16 Thou shalt rejoice in the Lord, and shalt glory in 
the Holy One of Israel. 

Ph. 3 : 1 Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. 

4 : 4 Rejoice in the Lord always : and again I say. Rejoice. 

Examples. 

1 S. 2 : 1 And Hannah prayed, and said. My heart rejoiceth 
in the Lord, mine horn is exalted in the Lord ; my mouth is 
enlarged over mine enemies j because I rejoice in thy salva- 
tion. 

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Submission to God and his Law. 



Neh. 8 : 10 Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the 
fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for 
whom nothing is prepared : for this day is holy unto our Lord : 
neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the Lord is your strength. 

Hab. 3 : 17 Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither 
shall fruit he in the vines ; the labor of the olive shall fail, and 
the field shall yield no meat ; the flock shall be cut off from the 
fold, and there shall he no herd in the stalls : 18 Yet I will 
rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation. 
19 The Lord God is my strength, and he will make my feet 
like hinds' ^eif, and he will make me to walk upon mine high 
places. 

1 Pet. 1 : 8 Whom having not seen, ye love ; in whom, 
though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy 
unspeakable, and full of glory. [See Cheerfulness, 43.] 

271. Submission to God and his law reqidred and exem- 
plified. 

Lev. 26 : 41 If then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, 
and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity : 
42 Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also 
my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham 
will I remember ; and I will remember the land. 43 The land 
also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while 
she lieth desolate without them : and they shall accept of the 
punishment of their iniquity ; because, even because they de- 
spised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my 
statutes. 

Dt. 27 : 26 Cursed he he that confirmeth not all the words 
of this law to do them : and all the people shall say. Amen. 

Is. 45 : 9 Wo unto him that striveth with his Maker ! 

Mat. 6 : 9 After this manner therefore pray ye : Our Father 
which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. 10 Thy king- 
dom come. Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven. 

Jam. 4 : 7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. 

Examples. 

Lev. 10 : 1 And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took 
either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense 
thereon, and offered strange fire before the Lord, which he 
commanded them not. 2 And there went out fire from the 
Lord, and devoured them, and they died before the Lord. 
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Honoring and glorifying God. 

3 Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the Lord 
spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, 
and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held 
his peace. 

1 S. 3 : 14 And therefore I have sworn unto the house of 
Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged with 
sacrifice nor offering for ever. 18 And Samuel told him every 
whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is the Lord : 
let him do what seemeth him good. 

2 S. 15 : 25 And the king [David] said unto Zadok, Carry 
back the ark of God into the city : If I shall find favor in the 
eyes of the Lord, he will bring me again, and shew me both it, 
and his habitation : 26 But if he thus say, I have no delight 
in thee ; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good 
unto him. 

Job 1 : 19 And behold, there came a great wind from the 
wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell 
upon the young men, and they are dead ; and I only am es- 
caped alone to tell thee. 20 Then Job arose, and rent his man- 
tle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and 
worshipped, 21 And said. Naked came I out of my mother's 
womb, and naked shall I return thither : The Lord gave, and 
the Lord hath taken away ; blessed be the name of the Lord. 

Ps. 39 : 9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth ; because thou 
didst it. 

Mat. 26 : 39 And he went a little further, and fell on his face, 
and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup 
pass from me : nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt. 

Lk. 23 : 40 But the other answering, rebuked him, saying, 
Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condem- 
nation ? 41 And we indeed justly ; for we receive the due 
reward of our deeds : but this man hath done nothing amiss. 

Ac. 21 : 14 And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, 
saying. The will of the Lord be done. [See 369."] 

272. Honoring and glorifying God required and exemplified. 

1 S. 2 : 30 Wherefore the Lord God of Israel saith, I said 
indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should 
walk before me for ever : but now the Lord saith. Be it far 
from me ; for them that honor me I will honor, and they that 
despise me shall be hghtly esteemed. 

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Honoring and glorifying God. 



1 Ch. 16 : 28 Give unto the Lord, ye kindreds of the people, 
give unto the Lord glory and strength. 29 Give unto the 
Lord the glory dice unto his name : bring an offering, and 
come before him: worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. 

Job 36 : 24 Remember that thou magnify his work which 
men behold. 

Ps. 71 : 8 Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with 
thy honor all the day. 

115 : r Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name 
give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake. 

Pr. 3 : 9 Honor the Lord with thy substance, and with the 
first-fruits of all thine increase: 10 So shall thy barns be 
filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new 

wine. 

Jer. 13 : 16 Give glory to the Lord your God, before he 
cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark 
mountains, and while ye look for light, he turn it into the 
shadow of death, and make it gross darkness. 

Mai. 1:6 A son honoreth his father, and a servant his mas- 
ter : if then I 6e a father, where is mine honor ? and if I fee a 
master, where is my fear ? saith the Lord of hosts unto you, 
O priests, that despise my name. 

Jn. 5 : 22 For the Father judgeth no man ; but hath com- 
mitted all judgment unto the Son: 23 That all me/i should 
honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He that hon- 
oreth not the Son, honoreth not the Father which hath sent 

him. 

8 :49 Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honor my 

Father, and ye do dishonor me. 

1 Cor. 6 : 20 Ye are bought with a price : therefore glorify 
God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's. 

10 : 31 Whether therefore ye eat or drink, or whatsoever ye 
do, do all to the glory of God. 

1 Tim. 1 : 17 Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, 
the only wise God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. 

1 Pet. 4 : 11 If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles 
of God ; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability 
which God giveth : that God in all things may be glorified 
through Jesus Christ ; to whom be praise and dominion for 
ever and ever. Amen. 

Rev. 4: 11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory, and 

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Glorifying God — Service of God reasonable. 



honor, and power : for thou hast created all things, and for thy 
pleasure they are and -were created. 

273. God displeased with those who will not honor and glo- 
rify him. 

1 S. 2 : 29 Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine of- 
fering, which I have commanded in my habitation ; and honor- 
est thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chief- 
est of all the oJ0ferings of Israel my people ? 30 Wherefore 
the Lord God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, 
and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever : 
but now the Lord saith. Be it far from me ; for them that 
honor me I will honor, and they that despise me shall be 
lightly esteemed. 

Dan. 5 : 23 And the God in whose hand thy breath is, and 
whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified. 24 Then was 
the part of the hand sent from him ; and this writing was 
written. 25 And this is the writing that was written, MENE, 
MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. 

Mai. 2:2 If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to 
heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the Lord of hosts, I 
will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your bless- 
ings ; yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay 
it to heart. 

Ac. 12 : 21 And upon a set day, Herod arrayed in royal ap- 
parel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them. 
22 And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a 
god, and not of a man. 23 And immediately the angel of the 
Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory : and he 
was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost. 

Rom. 1 : 21 Because that when they knew God, they glo- 
rified Mm not as God, neither were thankful, but became vain 
in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. 

274. The service of God reasonable and delightful. 

Ps. 19: 11 Moreover, by them is their servant warned: and 
in keeping of them there is great reward. * 

Lk. 17 : 10 So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those 
things which are commanded you, say. We are unprofitable 
servants : we have done that which was our duty to do. 

Rom. 12 : 1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mer- 

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Reward of Obedience. 



cies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, 
holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 

GOVERNMENT MORAL. 

275. Obedience to God rewarded with temporal good and 
eternal life. 

Lev. 18 : 5 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my 
judgments : which if a man do, he shall live in them : I am 

the Lord. 

Ex. 19 : 5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice mdeed, 
and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure 
unto me above all people : for all the earth is mine : 6 And ye 
shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. 

20 : 5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve 
them : for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the 
iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and 
fourth generation of them that hate me ; 6 And shewing mercy 
unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my command- 
ments. 

Lev. 26 : 3 If ye walk in my statutes and keep my com- 
mandments, and do them ; 4 Then I will give you rain in due 
season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of 
the field shall yield their fruit : 6 And I will give peace in the 
land, and ye shall he down, and none shall make you afraid : 
and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the 
sword go through your land. 7 And ye shall chase your ene- 
mies, and they shall fall before you by the sword. 8 And five 
of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall 
put ten thousand to flight : and your enemies shall fall before 
you by the sword. 9 For I will have respect unto you, and 
make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant 
with you. 10 And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the 
old because of the new. 11 And I will set my tabernacle 
among you : and my soul shall not abhor you. 12 And I will 
walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my 

Dt. 4 : 5 Behold, I have taught you statutes, and judgments, 

even as the Lord my God commanded me, that ye should do 

so in the land whither ye go to possess it. 6 Keep therefore 

and do them : for this is your wisdom and your understanding 

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in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, 
and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding 
people. 40 Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes and his 
commandments which I command thee this day, that it may go 
well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou 
mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the Lord thy 
God giveth thee, for ever. 

28 : 1 And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken dih- 
gently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe mid to 
do all his commandments which 1 command thee this day : 
that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations 
of the earth ; 2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, 
and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the 
Lord thy God. 3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed 
shatt thou be in the field. 4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy 
body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, 
the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. 5 Blessed 
shall be thy basket and thy store. 6 Blessed shalt thou be 
when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou 
goest out. 7 The Lord shall cause thine enemies that rise up 
against thee to be smitten before thy face : they shall come out 
against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways. 8 The 
Lord shall command the blessing upon thee in thy store- 
houses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto : and he 
shall bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth 
thee. 9 The Lord shall establish thee a holy people unto 
himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the 
commandments of the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways. 

10 And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by 
the name of the Lord ; and they shall be afraid of thee. 

11 And the Lord shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the 
fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit 
of thy ground, in the land which the Lord sware unto thy 
fathers to give thee. 12 The Lord shall open unto thee his 
good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his 
season, and to bless all the work of thine hand : and thou shalt 
lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow. ]3 And 
the Lord shall make thee the head, and not the tail ; and thou 
shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath ; if that 
thou hearken unto the commandments of the Lord thy God, 
which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them. 

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Reward of Obedience. 



Dt. 32 : 46 And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the 
words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall 
command your children to observe to do, all the words of this 
law. 47 For it is not a vain thing for you : because it is your 

hfe. 

Ps. 25 : 10 All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth 
unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies. 

81:13 Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and 
Israel had walked in my ways ! 14 I should soon have sub- 
dued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adver- 
saries. 15 The haters of the Lord should have submitted 
themselves unto him : but their time should have endured for 
ever. 16 He should have fed them also with the finest of the 
wheat : and with honey out of the rock should 1 have satisfied 

thee. 

103 : 17 But the mercy of the Lord is from everlastmg to 
everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness 
unto children's children ; 13 To such as keep his covenant, and 
to those that remember his commandments to do them. 

Pr. 3 : 1 My son, forget not my law ; but let thine heart 
keep my commandments : 2 For length of days, and long life, 
and peace shall they add to thee. 

Is. 1 : 19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good 
of the land: 20 But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured 
with the sword: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. 

Ezk. 18 : 5 But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful 
and right, 9 Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my 
judgments, to deal truly ; he is just, he shall surely live, saith 

the Lord God. 

20: 13 But the house of Israel rebelled against me m the 
wilderness : they walked not in my statutes, and they despised 
my judgments, which z/a man do, he shall even live in them. 

Mat.°7 : 21 Not every one that saith unto me. Lord, Lord, 
shall enter into the kingdom of heaven, but he that doeth the 
will of my Father which is in heaven. 24 Therefore, whoso- 
ever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken 
him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: 
25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds 
blew, and beat upon that house ; and it fell not : for it was 
founded upon a rock. 

19 • 17 And he said unto him. Why callest thou me good i 
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Punishment of Disobedience. 



there is none good but one, that is, God : but if thou wilt enter 
into life, keep the commandments. 

Lk. 10 : 27 And he answering said, Thou shalt love the 
Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and 
with all thy strength, and with all thy mind ; and thy neighbor 
as thyself 28 And he said unto him. Thou hast answered 
right : this do, and thou shalt live. 

Jn. 12 : 26 If any man serve me, let him follow me, and 
where I am, there shall also my servant be ; if any man serve 
me, hinj will my Father honor. 

Rev. 22 : 14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, 
that they may have right to the tree of hfe, and may enter in 
through the gates into the city. [See 577.] 

276. Punishment of the disobedient. 

Dt. 4 : 25 When thou shalt beget children, and children's 
children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and 
shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the Hke- 
ness of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight of the Lord 
thy God, to provoke him to anger, 26 I call heaven and earth 
to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly per- 
ish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess 
it : ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be 
destroyed. 27 And the Lord shall scatter you among the na- 
tions, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, 
whither the Lord shall lead vou. 

28 : 15 But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken 
unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all his 
commandments and his statutes which I command thee this 
day : that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake 
thee : 16 Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt 
thou be in the field. 17 Cursed shall be thy basket and thy 
store. 18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit 
of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy 
sheep. 19 Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and 
cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out. 20 The Lord shall 
send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou 
settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and 
until thou perish quickly : because of the wickedness of thy 
doings whereby thou hast forsaken me. 23 And thy heaven 
that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under 

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thee shall be iron. 24 The Lord shall make the rain of thy 
land powder and dust : from heaven shall it come down upon 
thee, until thou be destroyed. 25 The Lord shall cause thee 
to be smitten before thine enemies : thou shalt go out one way 
against them, and flee seven ways before them ; and shalt be 
removed into all the kingdoms of the earth. 45 Moreover, all 
these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and 
overtake thee, till thou be destroyed : because thou hearken- 
edst not unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his com- 
mandments and his statutes which he commanded thee. 
46 And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, 
and upon thy seed for ever. 47 Because thou servedst not the 
Lord thy God with joyfulness and with gladness of heart, for 
the abundance of all things ; 48 Therefore shalt thou serve 
thine enemies which the Lord shall send against thee, in hun- 
ger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things : 
and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have 
destroyed thee. 58 If thou wilt not observe to do all the 
words of this law that are written in this book, that thou may- 
est fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY 
GOD ; 59 Then the Lord will make thy plagues wonderful, 
and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long 
continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance. 

66 And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee : and thou shalt 
fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life : 

67 In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even ! 
and at even thou shalt say. Would God it were morning ! for 
the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the 
sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. 

Ezk. 39 : 23 And the heathen shall know that the house of 
Israel went into captivity for their iniquity : because they tres- 
passed against me, therefore hid I my face from them, and 
gave them into the hand of their enemies : so fell they all by 
the sword. 

Mat. 5 : 19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these 
least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called 
the least in the kingdom of heaven : but whosoever shall do, 
and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom 
of heaven. 

7 : 26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, 
and doeth them not, shall be Ukened unto a foohsh man, which 
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Its Origin— Of Grace — Its Terms. 



built his house upon the sand : 27 And the rain descended, 
and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that 
house ; and it fell : and great was the fall of it. 

Gal. 3 : 10 For as many as are of the works of the law, are 
under the curse : for it is written. Cursed is every one that con- 
tinueth not in all things which are written in the book of the 
law to do them. [See 276, 349, 595.] 

GOSPEL, OR PLAN OF REDEMPTION. 
277. Its origin in God's eternal purpose. 

Rom. 1 : 1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to he an 
apostle, separated unto the gospel of God. 

Ep. 1 : 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in 
heavenly plcwes in Christ : 4 According as he hath chosen us 
in him, before the foundation of the world, that we should be 
holy and without blame before him in love. 

3:11 According to the eternal purpose which he purposed 
in Christ Jesus our Lord. 

1 Pet. 1 : 19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a 
lamb without blemish and without spot : 20 Who verily was 
fore-ordained before the foundation of the world, but was 
manifest in these last times for you. 

278. Gospel a scheme of grace. 

Ac. 20 : 24 But none of these things move me, neither count 
I my life dear unto myself, sq that I might finish my course 
with joy, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord 
Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God. 

Rom. 5 : 21 That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so 
might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life, by 
Jesus Christ our Lord. [See 492.] 

279. Its terms, as distinguished from those of the law. 

Mk. 16 : 15 And he said unto them. Go ye into all the world, 
a,nd preach the gospel to every creature. 16 He that be- 
heveth and is baptized, shall be saved; but he that believeth 
not, shall be damned. 

Ac. 2 : 38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be bap- 
tized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ, for the re- 
mission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost 

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280 281 GOSPEL, OR PLAN OF REDEMPTION. 

All-comprehensive— Its Signification and Provisions. 



39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all 
that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call. 
Gal. 3 : 10 For as many as are of the works of the law, are 
under the curse : for it is written, Cursed is every one that 
continueth not in all things which are written in the book of 
the law to do them. 11 But that no man is justified by the 
law in the sight of God, it is evident : for. The just shall live 
by faith. 12 And the law is not of faith : but, The man that 
doeth them shall live in them. 
280. Its plan all comprehensive. 

Ep. 1 : 9 Having made known unto us the mystery of his 
will, according to his good pleasure, which he hath purposed 
in himself: 10 That in the dispensation of the fulness of times 
he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both 
which are in heaven, and which are on earth ; even in him : 
11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being pre- 
destinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all 
things after the counsel of his own will : 12 That we should 
be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ. 

3 : 8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this 
grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the un- 
searchable riches of Christ ; 9 And to make all men see what 
is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of 
the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by 
Jesus Christ : 10 To the intent that now unto the principalities 
and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church 
the manifold wisdom of God, 11 According to the eternal pur- 
pose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord : 12 In whom 
we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith ot 
him. [See 235.] 

281. Its signification and provisions. 

Is. 52 : 7 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of 
him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that 
bringeth good tidings of good, that pubhsheth salvation : that 
saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth ! 

Mat 22 : 2 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain 
king which made a marriage for his son, 3 And sent forth his 
servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding : and 
they would not come. 4 Again, he sent forth other servants, 
saying. Tell them which are bidden. Behold, I have prepared 
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Its Standard — Its Effects. 



my dinner : my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things 
are ready. 

25 : 34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, 
Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared 
for you from the foundation of the world. 

Lk. 2 : 10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not : for be- 
hold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to 
all people. 14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, 
good will toward men. 

Jn. 3 : 14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilder- 
ness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up. 15 That who- 
soever beheveth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. 
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only-begot- 
ten Son, that whosoever believeth in him, should not perish, but 
have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the 
world to condemn the world, but that the world through him 
might be saved. 

14 : 2 In my Father's house are many mansions : if it were 
not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 
3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again 
and receive you unto myself j that where I am, there ye may 
be also. 

Rom. 8 : 32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered 
him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us 
all things ? 

10 : 15 And how shall they preach, except they be sent ? as 
it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach 
the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things ! 

1 Cor. 2 : 9 But as it is written. Eye hath not seen, nor ear 
heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things 
which God hath prepared for them that love him. [See 290.] 

282. Does the gospel require as high degree of moral perfec- 
tion as the law ? 

Mat. 5 : 48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father 
which is in heaven is perfect. 

Rom. 6 : 15 What then ? shall we sin, because we are not 
under the law, but under grace ? God forbid. 

283. Gospel everlasting in its effects. 

Is. 45 : 17 But Israel shall be saved in the Lord with an 
everlasting salvation. 

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284 GOSPEL, OR PLAN OF REDEMPTION, 



Sinners opposed to it. 



Mat. 25 : 46 And these shall go away into everlasting pun- 
ishment : but the righteous into life eternal. 

Heb. 5 : 9 And being made perfect, he became the author 
of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him. 

Rev. 14 : 6 And I saw another angel fly in the midst of 
heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them 
that dwell on the earth. 

284. Sinners opposed to the gospel. 

Mat. 20 : 10 But when the first came, they supposed that 
they should have received more ; and they likewise received 
every man a penny. 1 1 And when they had received it, they 
murmured against the good man of the house, 12 Saying, 
These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made 
them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of 
the day. 13 But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, 
I do thee no wrong: didst thou not agree with me for a penny? 
14 Take that thine is, and go thy w^ay : I wiU give unto this 
last, even as unto thee. 15 Is it not lawful for me to do what 
I will with mine own ? is thine eye evil because I am good ? 
16 So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be 
called, but few chosen. 

Lk. 15 : 28 And he was angry, and would not go in ; there- 
fore came his father out, and entreated him. 29 And he an- 
swering, said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve 
thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment ; 
and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry 
with my friends : 30 But as soon as this thy son was come, 
which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed 
for him the fatted calf. 

Rom. 10 : 3 For they, being ignorant of God's righteous- 
ness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, 
have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of 

God. 

1 Cor. 1 : 18 The preaching of the cross is to them that per- 
ish, foolishness. 23 We preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews 
a stumbling-block, and unto the Greeks foolishness. 

Gal. 1 : 10 For do I now persuade men, or God ? or do I 
seek to please men ? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be 
the servant of Christ. 
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Penalty of resisting— Sinners Invited. 



285. Fearful penalty of the gospel, or consequences of resist- 
ing its light and claims. 

Mat. 11 : 20 Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein 
most of his mighty works were done, because they repented 
not. 21 Wo unto thee, Chorazin ! wo unto thee, Bethsaida ! 
for if the mighty works which were done in you, had been 
done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago 
in sackcloth and ashes. 22 But I say unto you, It shall be 
more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, 
than for you. 23 And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted 
unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell : for if the mighty 
works which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, 
it would have remained until this day. 24 But I say unto 
you. That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom, in 
the day of judgment, than for thee. 

12 : 41 The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this 
generation, and shall condemn it : because they repented at 
the preaching of Jonas ; and behold, a greater than Jonas is 
here. Lk. 11:31, 32. 

Heb. 10 : 26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have re- 
ceived the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more 
sacrifice for sins, 27 But a certain fearful looking for of 
judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adver- 
saries. 28 He that despised Moses' law, died without mercy 
under two or three witnesses : 29 Of how much sorer punish- 
ment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden 
under foot the Son of God, and hath coimted the blood of the 
covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and 
hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace ? 

GOSPEL INVITATIONS. 

286. Sinners invited. 

Is. 45 : 22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of 
the earth : for I am God, and there is none else. 

55 : 1 Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, 
and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, 
come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. 
2 Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread ? 
and your labor for that which satisfieth not ? hearken diligently 
unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul de- 

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Expostulations. 



light itself in fatness. 3 Incline your ear, and come unto me' 
hear, and your soul shall live : and I will make an everlasting 
covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David. 

Mat. 11 : 28 Come unto me, all ye that labor, and are heavy 
laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, 
and learn of me : for I am meek and lowly in heart ; and ye 
shall find rest unto your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and 
my burden is light. 

22 : 4 Again, he sent forth other servants, saying. Tell them^ 
which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner : my 
oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready : come 
unto the marriage. 

Lk. 14 : 17 And sent his servant at supper-time, to say to 
them that were bidden, Come, for all things are now ready. 

Jn. 7 : 37 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus 
stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto 
me, and drink. 

Rev. 3 : 20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock : If any 
man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, 
and will sup with him, and he with me. 

22 : 17 And the Spirit and the bride say. Come. And let 
him that heareth say. Come. And let him that is athirst come. 
And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely. 

287. Invitations with expostulations. 

Pr. 1 : 20 Wisdom crieth without ; she uttereth her voice in 
the streets : 21 She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in 
the openings of the gates : in the city she uttereth her words, 
saying^ 22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity ? 
and the scorners delight in their scorning, and Ibols hate knowl- 
edge ? 23 Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out 
my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you. 

Is. 1 : 18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the 
Lord : though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as 
snow ; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. 

48 : 17 Thus saith the Lord, thy Redeemer, the Holy One 
of Israel ; I am the Lord thy God which teacheth thee to 
profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go. 
18 O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments ! then 
had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as llie 
waves of the sea. 
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God's Sincerity. 



Ezk. 33: 11 Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord God, I 
have no pleasure in the death of the wicked ; but that the 
wicked turn from his way and hve : turn ye, turn ye from your 
evil ways ; for why will ye die, O house of Israel ? 

Mic. 6 : 1 Hear ye now what the Lord saith ; Arise, con- 
tend thou before the mountains and let the hills hear thy voice. 
2 Hear ye, O mountains, the Lord's controversy, and ye strong 
foundations of the earth : for the Lord hath a controversy with 
his people, and he will plead with Israel. 3 O my people, what 
have I done unto thee ? and wherein have I wearied thee ? 
testify against me. 

Mat. 23 : 37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the 
prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often 
would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen 
gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not ! 

2S8. Sincerity of God's invitations evinced hy his desires for 
the sanctijication and salvation of mankind. 

Dt. 5 : 29 O that there were such a heart in them, that they 
would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it 
might be well with them, and with their children for ever ! 

32 : 29 Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, 
that they would consider their latter end ! 

Ps. 5 : 4 For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wick- 
edness : neither shall evil dwell with thee. 

81 : 13 Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Is- 
rael had walked in my ways ! 14 I should soon have sub- 
dued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adver- 
saries. 15 The haters of the Lord should have submitted 
themselves unto him. 

Is. 48 : 18 O that thou hadst hearkened to my command- 
ments ! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteous- 
ness as the waves of the sea. 

Ezk. 18 : 32 For I have no pleasure in the death of him that 
dieth, saith the Lord God : wherefore turn yourselves, and 
live ye. 

Lk. 19 : 41 And when he was come near, he beheld the city, 
and wept over it, 42 Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, 
at least m this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace ! 
but now they are hid from thine eyes. 

Jn. 3 : 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only 

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Capacity and Duty of Sinners to comply. 



begotten Son, that whosoever beUeveth in him, should not per- 
ish, but have everlasting Hfe. 17 For God sent not his Son 
into the world to condemn the world, but that the world 
through him might be saved. 

1 Th. 4 : 3 For this is the will of God, even your sanctification. 

1 Tim. 2:11 exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, 
prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all 
men: 2 For kings, and/or all that are in authority ; that we 
may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godhness and 
honesty. 3 For this is good and acceptable m the sight ot 
God our Savior ; 4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to 
come unto the knowledge of the truth. 

2 Pet. 3 : 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as 
eome men count slackness ; but is long-suffering to us-ward, 
not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to 
repentance. 

289. Capacity and duty of sinners to comply with God's in- 
vitations. 

Jer. 5 : 21 Hear now this, O foolish people, and without un- 
derstanding ; which have eyes, and see not ; which have ears, 
and hear not: 22 Fear ye not me? saith the Lord. 

Ezk. 12 : 2 Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a re- 
belUous house, which have eyes to see, and see not ; they have 
ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a rebelhous house. 

Mat 25 : 24 Then he which had received the one talent 
came, and said. Lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, 
reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou 
hast not strewed : 25 And I was afraid, and went and hid thy 
talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine. 26 His 
lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful 
servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gath- 
er where I have not strewed: 27 Thou oughtest therefore lo 
have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming 
I should have received mine own with usury. 

Lk. 19 : 20 And another came, saying. Lord, behold here is 
thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin : 21 For I 
feared thee, because thou art an austere man : thou takest up 
that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not 
sow 22 And he saith unto him. Out of thine own mouth will 
I judge thee, th^u wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was 
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Invitations rejected. 

an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping 
that I did not sow : 23 Wherefore then gavest not thou my 
money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required 
mine own with usury ? 24 And he said unto them that stood 
by, Take from him the pound, and give it to him that hath ten 
pounds. 25 (And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten 
pounds.) 26 For I say unto you. That unto every one which 
hath, shall be given ; and from him that hath not, even that 
he hath shall be taken away from him. 27 But those mine 
enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring 
hither, and slay them before me. 

2 Cor. 8 : 12 For if there be first a willing mind, it is ac- 
cepted according to that a man hath and not according to that 
he hath not. 

1 Jn. 5 : 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his com- 
mandments ; and his commandments are not grievous. 

[See 253, 468, 469, and 505, 506.] 

290. Invitations rejected. 

Pr. 1 : 24 Because I have called and ye refused, I have 
stretched out my hand, and no man regarded ; 25 But ye have 
set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof. 

Zee. 7: 11 But they refused to hearken, and pulled away 
the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear. 
12 Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they 
ehould hear the law, and the words which the Lord of hosts 
hath sent in his Spirit by the former prophets : therefore came 
a great wrath from the Lord of hosts. 13 Therefore it is 
come to pass, that as he cried, and they would not hear ; so 
they cried, and I would not hear, saith the Lord of hosts. 

Mat. 22 : 2 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain 
king, which made a marriage for his son, 3 And sent forth his 
servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding : and 
they would not come. 4 Again, he sent forth other servants, 
saying. Tell them which are bidden. Behold, I have prepared 
my dinner : my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things 
are ready : come unto the marriage. 5 But they made light 
of i^, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his mer- 
chandise. 6 And the remnant took fiis servants, and entreated 
them spitefully, and slew them. 

Lk. 14 : 17 And sent his servant at eupper-tlme, to say to 

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No exc use for rejecting Gospel Invitations-Argument for Civil Government. 

them that were bidden, Come, for all things are now ready. 

18 And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The 
first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I 
must needs go and see it : I pray thee have me excused 

19 And another said, I li^ve bought five yoke of oxen, and 
1 go to prove them : I pray thee have me excused. 20 And 
another said, I have married a wife : and therefore I cannot 

come.> , • u^ u 

Jn. 5 : 40 And ye will not come to me, that ye might have 

life. , 

Ac. 7 : 51 Ye stiff-necked, and uncircumcised m heart and 

ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost : as your fathers did, 

so do ye. 

24 : 25 And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, 
and judgment to come, FeHx trembled, and answered, Go thy 
way for this time ; when I have a convenient season, I will call 
for thee. 

291. No excuse for rejecting God's invitatiom. 

Mat. 22 : 12 And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest 
thou in hither, not having a wedding-garment ? And he was 

speechless. 

Rom. 1 : 20 For the invisible things of him from the creation 
of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things 
that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead ; so that 
they are without excuse. 

3 : 19 Now we know, that what things soever the law saith, 
it saith to them who are under the law ; that every mouth 
may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before 
God. 

CIVIL GOVERNMENT. 

292. Argument fcrr the divine authority and expediency oj 
civil government, and duty of maintaining it. 

Dt. 13 : 10 And thou shalt stone him with stones that he 
die ; because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the 
Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt 
from the house of bondage. 11 And all Israel shall hear, and 
fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is. 

among you. 

19 : 18 And the judges shall make diligent inquisition : and 

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Duty of maintaining it. 



behold, if the witness he a false witness, and hath testified 
falsely against his brother ; 19 Then shall ye do unto him, as 
he had thought to have done unto his brother : so shalt thou 
put the evil away from among you. 20 And those which re- 
main shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more 
any such evil among you. 

2 Ch. 9 : 8 Blessed be the Lord thy God, which delighted 
in thee to set thee on his throne, to he king for the Lord thy 
God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, 
therefore made he thee [Solomon] king over them, to do judg- 
ment and justice. 

Pr. 20 : 8 A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment, 
scattereth away all evil with his eyes. 26 A wise king scat- 
tereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them. 

29 : 2 When the righteous are in authority, the people re- 
joice : but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn. 

Ec. 10 : 16 Wo to thee, O land, when thy king- is a child, 
and thy princes eat in the morning ! 17 Blessed art thou, O 
land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat 
in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness ! 

Is. 1 : 26 And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and 
thy counsellors as at the beginning : afterward thou shalt be 
called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city. 

1 Tim. 1 : 8 But we know that the law is good, if a man use 
it lawfully ; 9 Knowing this, that the law is not made for a 
righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the un- 
godly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of 
fathers, and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, 10 For 
whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, 
for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be 
any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine. 

Pr. 26 : 3, and 20 : 30. [See 423, 424.] 

Duty of maintaining it. 

Ex. 18 : 25 And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and 
made them heads over the people, i-ulers of thousands, rulers 
of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. 26 And they 
judged the people at all seasons : the hard causes they brought 
unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves. 

Num. 11:11 And Moses said unto the Lord, Wherefore 
hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not 
found favor in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this 

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Duty of maintaining it. 



people upon me 1 16 And the Lord said unto Moses, Gather 
unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou know- 
est to be the elders of the people, and officers over them ; and 
bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation, that they 
may stand there with thee. 17 And I will come down and 
talk with thee there ; and I will take of the spirit which is 
upon thee, and will put it upon them : and they shall bear the 
burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself 
alone. [Dt. 1:9—18.] 

Num. 27 : 15 And Moses spake unto the Lord, saying, 16 Let 
the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the 
congregation, 17 Which may go out before them, and which 
may go in before them, and which may lead them out, and 
which may bring them in ; that the congregation of the Lord 
be not as sheep which have no shepherd. 18 And the Lord 
said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in 
whom is the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him ; 19 And set 
him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation : 
and give him a charge in their sight. 20 And thou shalt put 
some of thine honor upon him, that all the congregation of the 
children of Israel may be obedient. 

Dt. 16 : 18 Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all 
thy gates, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, throughout 
thy tribes : and they shall judge the people with just judgment. 
19 Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect 
persons, neither take a gift : for a gift doth blind the eyes of the 
wise, and pervert the words of the righteous. 

Pr. 8 : 12 I wisdom dwell with prudence. 15 By me kings 
reign, and princes decree justice. 16 By me princes rule, and 
nobles, even all the judges of the earth. 

Ac. 13 : 20 And after that, he gave unto them judges, about 
the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the 
prophet. 

Rom. 13 : 3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but 
to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power ? do 
that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same : 
4 For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou 
do that which is evil, be afraid ; for he beareth not the sword 
in vain : for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute 
wrath upon him that doeth evil. 5 Wherefore ye must needs 
be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience' sake. 
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Qualifications of Rulers — Duties of Rulers. 



6 For, for this cause pay ye tribute also : for they are God's 
ministers, attending continually upon this very thing. 

293. Qualifications of rulers. 

Ex. 18 : 21 Thou shalt provide out of all the people, able 
men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness ; and 
place such over them to be rulers. 

Dt 1 : 13 Take you wise men, and understanding, and 
known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over 
you. 15 So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and 
known, and made them heads over you, captains over thou- 
sands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and 
captains over tens, and officers among your tribes. 

2 S. 23 : 3 The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake 
to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruhng in the fear 
of God. 

294. Duties of rulers. 

Dt. 1 : 16 And I charged your judges at that time, saying. 
Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously 
between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is 
with him. 17 Ye shall not respect persons in judgment ; but 
ye shall hear the small as well as the great ; ye shall not be 
afraid of the face of man ; for the judgment is God's. 

[Dt. 16 : 19.] 

17 : 15 Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee whom 
the Lord thy God shall choose : one from among thy brethren 
ehalt thou set king over thee : thou mayest not set a stranger 
over thee, which is not thy brother. 18 And it shall be when 
he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write 
him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the 
priests the Levites. 19 And it shall be with him, and he shall 
read therein all the days of his life : that he may learn to fear 
the Lord his God, to keep all the words of this law and these 
statutes, to do them : 20 That his heart be not lifted up above 
his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the command- 
ment to the right hand or to the left. 

19 1 18 And the judges shall make dihgent inquisition : and 

behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified 

falsely against his brother ; 19 Then shall ye do unto him, as 

he had thought to have done unto his brother. 

25 : 1 If there be a controversy between men, and they come 

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Duties of Rulers. 



unto judgment, that the judges may judge them ; then they 
shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked. 2 And 
it shall be, if the wicked man he worthy to be beaten, that the 
judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his 
face, according to his fault. 

Ps. 82 : 2 How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the 
persons of the wicked ? 3 Defend the poor and fatherless : do 
justice to the afflicted and needy. 4 Deliver the poor and 
needy : rid theTn out of the hand of the wicked. 

Pr. 16 -.12 It is an abomination to kings to «ommit wicked- 
ness : for the throne is established by righteousness. 

20 : 28 Mercy and truth preserve the king : and his throne is 
upholden by mercy. 

29 : 14 The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne 
shall be established for ever. 

31:4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to 
drink wine ; nor for princes strong drink : 5 Lest they drink, 
and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the af- 
flicted. 

Jer. 22 : 2 And say, Hear the word of the Lord, O king of 
Judah, that sittest upon the throne of David, thou, and thy ser- 
vants, and thy people that enter in by these gates : 3 Thus 
saith the Lord ; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and 
deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor : and do no 
wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the 
widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place. 15 Shalt 
thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar ? did not thy 
father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it 
was well with him ? 16 He judged the cause of the poor and 
needy ; then it was well with him: was not this to know me 1 
saith the Lord. 

Ezk. 45 : 9 Thus saith the Lord God ; Let it suffice you, O 
princes of Israel : remove violence and spoil, and execute judg- 
ment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, 
saith the Lord God. 10 Ye shall have just balances, and a 
just ephah, and a just bath. 

46 : 18 Moreover, the prince shall not take of the people's in- 
heritance by oppression, to thrust them out of their possession ; 
but he shall give his sons inheritance out of his own posses- 
sion : that my people be not scattered every man from his pos- 
session. 

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Duties of Subjects. 



295. Duties of subjects. 

Ex. 22 : 28 Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the 
ruler of thy people. [Ac. 23 : 4, 5.] 

Dt. 17 : 9 And thou shalt come unto the priests tlie Levites, 
and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and inquire ; 
and they shall shew thee the sentence of judgment : 10 And 
thou shalt do according to the sentence, which they of that 
place which the Lord shall choose shall shew thee ; and thou 
shalt observe to do according to all that they inform thee : 
11 According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach 
thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, 
thou shalt do : thou shalt not decline from the sentence which 
they shall shew thee, to the right hand, nor to the left. 

Ec. 8:21 counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, 
and that in regard of the oath of God. 

Mat. 17 : 24 And when they were come to Capernaum, they 
that received tribute-money, came to Peter, and said, Doth not 
your Master pay tribute ? 25 He saith. Yes. And when he 
was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying. What 
thinkest thou, Simon ? of whom do the kings of the earth take 
custom or tribute? of their own children, or of strangers? 
26 Peter saith unto him. Of strangers. Jesus saith unto him. 
Then are the children free. 27 Notwithstanding, lest we 
should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and 
take up the fish that first cometh up : and when thou hast 
opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money : that take, 
and give unto them for me and thee. 

22 : 20 And he saith unto them. Whose is tnis image, and 
superscription ? 21 They say unto him, Cesar's. Then saith 
he unto them, Render therefore unto Cesar, the things which 
are Cesar's ; and unto God, the things that are God's. 

Rom. 13 : 1 Let every soul be subject unto the higher pow- 
ers. For there is no power but of God : the powers that be, 
are ordained of God. 2 Whosoever therefore resisteth the 
power, resisteth the ordinance of God : and they that resist 
shall receive to themselves damnation. 5 Wherefore ye must 
needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience' 
sake. 6 For, for this cause pay ye tribute also : for they are 
God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing. 
7 Render therefore to all their dues : tribute to whom tribute 

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Civil Penalties. 



is due ; custom to whom custom ; fear to whom fear ; honor to 
whom honor. 

1 Tim. 2:11 exhort therefore, that, first of all, supphcations, 
prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all 
men : 2 For kings, and /or all that are in authority ; that we 
may lead a quiet and peaceable Hfe in all godliness and 
honesty. 3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of 
God our Savior. 

Tit. 3 : 1 Put them in mind to be subject to principalities 
and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good 
work. 

1 Pet. 2 : 13 Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man 
for the Lord's sake : whether it be to the king, as supreme ; 
14 Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for 
the punishment of evil-doers, and for the praise of them that 
do well. 15 For so is the will of God, that with well-doing 
ye may put to silence the ignorance of foohsh men : 16 As free, 
and not using your liberty for a cloak of mahciousness, but as 
the servants of God. 17 Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. 
Fear God. Honor the king. 

296. Civil penalties. 

Gen, 9 : 5 And surely your blood of your lives will I require : 
at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of 
man ; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the 
life of man. 6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his 
blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man. 

Ex. 21 : 12 He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be 
surely put to death. 13 And if a man lie not in wait, but 
God deliver him into his hand ; then I will appoint thee a 
place whither he shall flee. 14 But if a man come presump- 
tuously upon his neighbor, to slay him with guile ; thou shalt 
take him from mine altar, that he may die. 15 And he that 
smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death. 
16 And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be 
found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death. 17 And he 
that curseth his father or his mother, shall surely be put to 
death. 

Num. 35 : 30 Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be 
put to death by the mouth of witnesses : but one witness shall 
not testify against any person to cause him to die. 31 Moreover, 
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Jewish capital Offences. 



ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which 
is guilty of death : but he shall be surely put to death. 32 And 
ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled to the city of 
his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, un- 
til the death of the priest. 33 So ye shall not pollute the land 
wherein ye are : for blood it defileth the land : and the land 
cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the 
blood of him that shed it. 34 Defile not therefore the land 
which ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell : for I the Lord dwell 
among the children of Israel. 

Dt. 19 : 18 And behold, if the witness be a false witness, and 
hath testified falsely against his brother ; 19 Then shall ye do 
unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother. 

25 : 1 If there be a controversy between men, and they 
come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then 
they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked. 

2 And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, 
that the judge shall cause him to He down, and to be beaten 
before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number. 

3 Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed : lest if he 
should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, 
then thy brother should seem vile unto thee. 

Pr. 20 : 26 A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth 
the wheel over them. 

2S : 17 A man that doeth violence to the blood of any per- 
son shall flee to the pit ; let no man stay him. 

Ac. 25 : 10 Then said Paul, I stand at Cesar's judgment- 
seat, where I ought to be judged : to the Jews have I done no 
wrong, as thou very well knowest. 11 For if I bean offender, 
or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to 
die : but if there be none of these things whereof these ac- 
cuse me, no man may dehver me unto them. I appeal unto 
Cesar. 

Rom. 13 : 4 For he is the minister of God to thee for good. 
But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid ; for he beareth not 
the sword in vain : for he is the minister of God, a revenger 
to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. 

297. Capital crimes under the Jewish code. 

1. Murder.— Num. 35 : 16 The murderer shall surely be put 
to death. 

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Opposition to Government. 



2. Blasphemy.— Lev. 24 : 16 He that blasphemeth the name 
of the Lord, he shall surely be put to death. 

3. Manstealing.—Ex. 21 : 16 He that stealeth a man, and 
selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be 
put to death. 1 Tim. 1 : 9. 

4. Idolatry.— Ex. 22 : 20 He that sacrificeth unto any god, save 
unto the Lord only, he shall be utterly destroyed. Dt. 17 : 2. 

5. Enticement to Idolatry.— T>t. 13 : 6 If thy brother en- 
tice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods : 
9 Thou shalt surely kill him. 

6. Adultery.— J^ev. 20 : 10 The adulterer and the adulteress 
shall surely be put to death. 

7. Sodomy and Uncleanness.—'Lev. 20 : 13 If a man also lie 
with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have 
committed an abomination : they shall surely be put to death. 

17—20. 

8. Incest.— hev. 20 : 14 If a man take a wife and her mother, 
it is wickedness : they shall be burnt with fire. V. 21. 

9. Beastiality.—hev. 20 : 15 If a man Ue with a beast, he 
shall surely be put to death. 16. 

10. Witchcraft.— Ex. 22 : 18 Thou shalt not suffer a witch 

to live. 

11. Smiting Parents.— Ex. 21 : 15 He that smiteth his father, 

or his mother, shall be surely put to death. 

12. Cursing Parents.— Ex. 21 : 17 He that curseth his fa- 
ther or his mother, shall surely be put to death. Lev. 20 : 9. 

13. Disobeying Parents.— Dt. 21 : 20 This our son is stub- 
born and rebelHous, he will not obey our voice ',heisQ, glutton, 
and a drunkard. 21 And all the men of his city shall stone 
him with stones, that he die. 

14. Sabbath Profanation.— Ex. 35 : 2 Whosoever doeth work 
therein shall be put to death. Num. 15 : 32. 

15. EndangeHng human Life.— Ex. 21 : 29 If the ox were 
wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been tes- 
tified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he 
hath killed a man or a woman ; the ox shall be stoned, and his 
owner also shall be put to death. 

298. Opposition to the restraints of government, and its con- 
sequences. 

Num. 16 : 3 And they gathered themselves together against 
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Wicked Rulers. 



Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too 
much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every 
one of them, and the Lord is among them : wherefore then 
lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the Lord ? 
4 And when Moses heard lY, he fell upon his face : 5 And he 
spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying. Even to- 
morrow the Lord will shew who are his, and who is holy; and 
will cause him to come near unto him : even him whom he 
hath chosen will he cause to come near unto him. 6 This do ; 
Take you censers, Korah, and all his company; 7 And put 
fire therein, and put incense in them before the Lord to-mor- 
row : an-d it shall be that the man whom the Lord doth choose, 
he shall he holy ; ye take too much upon you. ye sons of Levi. 
32 And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, 
and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, 
and all their goods. 

Dt. 17 : 12 And the man that will do presumptuously, and 
will not hearken unto the priest that standeth to minister there 
before the Lord thy God, or unto the judge, even that man 
shall die : and thou shaltput away the evil from Israel. 13 And 
all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more presump- 
tuously. 

Hos. 7 : 7 They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured 
their judges ; all their kings are fallen : there is none among 
them that calleth unto me. 

2 Pet. 2 : 9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out 
of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of 
judgment to be punished : 10 But chiefly them that walk after 
the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. 
Presumptuous are they, self-willed ; they are not afraid to 
speak evil of dignities. 11 Whereas angels, which are greater 
in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them 
before the Lord. 

Jude 8 Likewise also these Jilthy dreamers defile the flesh, 
despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities. 

299. Wicked rulers injurious. 

1 K. 14 : 16 And he shall give Israel up because of the sins 
of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made Israel to sin. 

2 Ch. 33 : 9 So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of 
Jerusalem to err, and to do worse than the heathen, whom the 

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Lord had destroyed before the children of Israel. 10 And the 
Lord spake to Manasseh, and to his people : but they would 
not hearken. 11 Wherefore the Lord brought upon them the 
captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manas- 
seh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried 

him to Babylon. u -i ♦ 

Ps. 12 : 8 The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest 

men are exalted. 

94 • 20 Shall the throne of iniquity have feUowship with thee, 
which frameth mischief by a law? 21 They gather them- 
selves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn 

the innocent blood. 

Pr 28 • 15 As a roaring Hon, and a ranging bear : so is a. 
wicked ruler over the poor people. 16 The prince that want- 
eth understanding is also a great oppressor : but he thathateth 
covetousness shall prolong his days. 

29 • 2 When the righteous are in authority, the people re- 
ioice ": but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn. 
4 The king by judgment estabhsheth the land : but he that 
receiveth gifts overthroweth it. 

300. Disobeying wicked commands of rulers. 

Ex. 1 : 17 But the midwives feared God, and did not as the 
king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men-chil- 
dren ahve. 20 Therefore God dealt well with the midwives. 

IS 14-44 And Saul answered, God do so, and more also : 
for thou Shalt surely die, Jonathan. 45 And the people said 
unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great 
salvation in Israel ? God forbid : as the Lord liveth, there 
shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground ; for he hath 
wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, 

that he died not. 

Dan. 3 : 16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, answered 
and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful 
to answer thee in this matter. 17 If it be so, our God whom 
we serve is able to deUver us from the burning fiery furnace 
and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. 18 But li 
not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve 
thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up. 

6-13 Then answered they and said before the king, inat 
Daniel, which is of the children of the captivity of Judah, re- 
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GRATITUDE. 301 



Exemplified. 



gardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree that thou hast signed, 
but maketh his petition three times a day. 

Ac. 4 : 19 But Peter and John answered and said unto them, 
Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you 
more than unto God, judge ye. 

5 : 27 And when they had brought them, they set them be- 
fore the council : and the high priest asked them, 28 Saying, 
Did not we straitly command you, that ye should not teach in 
this name ? and behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your 
doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us. 
29 Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We 
ought to obey God rather than men. 

GRATITUDE. 

301. Chratitude exemplified. 

1 S. 15 : 6 And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get 
you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with 
them : for ye shewed kindness to all the children of Israel 
when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed 
from among the Amalekites. 

2 S. 9 : 6 And David said, Mephibosheth. And he answered, 
Behold thy servant ! 7 And David said unto him, Fear not : 
for I will surely shew thee kindness for Jonathan thy father's 
sake, and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father : and 
thou shalt eat bread at my table continually. 

19 : 32 Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore 
years old : and he had provided the king of sustenance while 
he lay at Mahanaim : for he was a very great man. 33 And 
the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I 
will feed thee with me in Jerusalem. 

Mat. 25 : 34 Then shall the King say unto them on his 
right hand. Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the king- 
dom prepared for you from the foundation of the world : 35 For 
I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat : I was thirsty, and 
ye gave me drink : I was a stranger, and ye took me in : 
36 Naked, and ye clothed me : I was sick, and ye visited me : 
1 was in prison, and ye came unto me. 

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302 HAPPINESS. 

Where to be found. 



HAPPINESS. 

302. True happiness to be found in God and religion, not in 
the world. 

Ps. 1 : 1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel 
of the uncrodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth 
in the seat of the scornful. 2 But his delight is in the law of 
the Lord ; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. 
3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water 
that bringeth forth his fruit in his season ; his leaf also shall 
not wither ; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. 

4 : 6 T^ere be many that say, Who will shew us any good ? 
Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us. 
7 Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than m the time 
that their corn and their wine increased. 

40 : 4 Blessed is that man that maketh the Lord his trust. 
119 • 1 Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in 
the law of the Lord. 2 Blessed are they that keep his testi- 
monies, and that seek him with the whole heart. 

Pr 3-13 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the 
man that getteth understanding. 14 For the merchandise of 
it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain there- 
of than fine gold. • v, i. + u 
29 : 18 Where there is no vision, the people perish : but ne 

that keepeth the law, happy is he. . , t a 

Jer 17 • 7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and 
whose hope the Lord is. 8 For he shall be as a tree planted 
by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, 
and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be 
green ; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither 
shall cease from yielding fruit. 

2 Cor. 6 : 10 As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing : as poor, 
yet making many rich ; as having nothing, and yet possessing 
all things. 11 O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, 
our heart is enlarged. 

JSTot in the world. 

Eg 2 : 1 I said in my heart, Go to now, I will prove thee 
with mirth ; therefore enjoy pleasure : and behold, this also is 
vanity 10 And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not irom 
them, I withheld not my heart from any joy ; for my heart 
rejoiced in all my labor : and this was my portion of all my 
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HEART. 3 03—30^ 

What it is— Its Variety. 

labor. 11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had 
wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do : and 
behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no 
profit under the sun. 

303. Possession and enjoyment of all things. 

1 Cor. 3:21 Therefore let no man glory in men: for all 
thmgs are yours ; 22 Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or 
the world, or hfe, or death, or things present, or things to come : 
all are yours ; 23 And ye are Christ's : and Christ is God's. 

2 Cor. 6 : 10 As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing ; as poor, 
yet making many rich ; as having nothing, and yet possessing 
all thmgs. 11 O 2/6 Corinthians, our mouth is open unto yoii! 
our heart is enlarged. 

HEART. 

304. Does the heart consist in affections, desires, volitions, in,- 
tentions and passions, or in something else? 

Gen. 6 : 5 Every imagination of the thoughts of his heart 
was only evil continually. 

2 S. 15 : 6 So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel. 

1 K, 11: 3 And his wives turned away his heart. 

Esther 7 : 5 Where is he, that durst presume in his heart to 
do so ? 

Pr. 19 : 21 There are many devices in a man's heart; never- 
theless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand. 

23 : 26 My son, give me thine heart. 

Mat. 5 : 28 But I say unto you. That whosoever looketh on 
a woman to lust after her, hath committed adultery with her 
already in his heart 

15 : 18 But those things which proceed out of the mouth 
come forth from the heart ; and they defile the man. 19 For 
out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, for- 
nications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies. 

Rom. 10 : 10 With the heart man believeth unto righteous- 
ness. 

305. A 'divided,' 'double heart'—' Treasure of the heart,' fc, 

Ps. 12 : 2 With flattering lips and with a double heart do 
they speak. 

86 : 11 Unite my heart to fear thy name. 

Hos. 10 : 2 Their heart is divided. 

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306, 307 ^^jiEART^^____ 

Nature of-Changing and keeping It. 



-IZHi^^Toir^fth^liw^^^ heart, the mouth 
til ' 35 A o-ood man, out of the good treasure of the 
rart tmge hU good things : and an evil man, out of the 
e"l ««, bringeth forth evil things. Lk. 6 : 45. 

306 Do rrmal good and evil lie in the heart ? 

Dt 1? 9 Beware that there be not a thought in thy wtcked 
heart' saying The seventh year, the year of release, .s at 
Hand'; a/d thine eye be evil against thy poor brother. 

Vl\X wteitrrtt W to build a house 

^Ts!' 55 : 21 The words of his mouth were smoother than 
hutter, but war was in his heart. 

78 72 He fed them according to the integrity of his heart. 

95 *: 10 It is a people that do err in their heart. 

Pr. 6 : 14 Frowardness is in his heart. 

23- 7 As he thinketh in his heart, so is he. 

EC*, ofs The heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and 
madness is in their heart while they live. 

iflO : 7 It is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not 

^ JeT 48 : 29 His pride, and the haughtiness of his heart 
Mat 5 • 8 Blessed are the pure in heart. 
Heb. 3:li Take heed, brethren, lest there be m any of you 

an evil heai t of unbehef. ^ 

307. Hunan agency exercised in hardening, softemng, 

changing, and keeping the heart. 

Ex 8 : 15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he 

^ttTo'ie Chcumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, 

%' 'cr30 :T8 S!^'Tet:tah prayed for them saying, The 
good Lord pardon every one that prepareth his heart to seek 

^ Ezra 7 : 10 Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of 

^^.''it. 13 Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and 
washed my hands in innocency. 
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HEART. 308 

Sincerity of. 



119 : 112 I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes 
alway. 

Pr. 4 : 23 Keep thy heart with all diligence ; for out of it are 
the issues of life. 

28 : 14 He that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief. 

Ezk. 18 : 31 Make you a new heart and a new spirit: for 
why will ye die, O house of Israel ? 

Jam. 4 : 8 Cleanse your hands, ye sinners, and purify your 
hearts, ye double-minded. 

308. Religious duties should be performed with sincerity of 
heart. 

Dt. 26 : 16 This day the Lord thy God hath commanded 
thee to do these statutes and judgments : thou shalt therefore 
keep and do them with all thy heart, and with all thy soul. 

1 S. 16:7 The LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man 
looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on 
the heart. 

Jer. 3 : 10 Her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned 
unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the Lord. 

29 : 13 Ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search 
for me with all your heart. 

Ezk. 33 : 31 With their mouth they shew much love, hut 
their heart goeth after their covetousness. 

Mat. 15 : 7 Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, 
saying, 8 This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth' 
and honoreth me with tlteir lips ; but their heart is far from me! 

22 : 37 Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart. 

23:26 ^ow blind Pharisee, cleanse first that i^AicA is with- 
m the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean 
also. 

Jn. 4:24 God w a Spirit: and they that worship him, must 
worship him in spirit and in truth. 

Ac. 8 : 21 Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter • for 
thy heart is not right in the sight of God. 37 If thou behevest 
with all thy heart, thou mayest. 

Rem. 2 : 28 He is not a Jew, which is one outwardly ; nei- 
«ierzs that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: 29 But 
he IS a Jew which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of 
the heart, m the spirit, and not in the letter ; whose praise is 
not of men, but of God. 

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309—3 1 1 m ^. 

— *"" '~~ A Place— Its Holiness— Rest of. 



Rom. 10 : 10 With the heart, man beUeveth unto righteous- 



ness. 



T'Tim. 1 : 5 Now the end of the commandment is charity out 
of a pure heart, and o/a good conscience, and o/faith unfeigned. 

I HEAVEN. 

309. Heaven a place. 

Jhn 14: 2 In my Father's house are many mansions: Hit 
^erenot so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a p ace for 
vou 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come 
Tain and receive^you unto myseif; that where I am, there ye 

" Ed "3 lo' To the intent that now unto the principalities and 
powL in heavenly places might be known by the church the 
manifold wisdom of God. 

310 Universal and perfect holiness in heaven. 
Ps 17 • 15 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness : 
I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy l^^^ness^ 

Ep 5 • 25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also 
loved the church, and gave himself for it ; 26 T -^ he m^^^^^^^ 
sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word 
27 Thit he might present it to himself a glorious church, not 
Llglpot or trin'k le, or any such thing; but that it should 
be holv and without blemish. • i 1 

S Pet 3: 13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise look 
for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth right.- 

TjTs ■ 2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God and it doth 
no yei appear what we shall be : but we know that, when he 
Xllappear, we shall be like him ; for we shall see him as 

''^Rev 21-27 And there shall in nowise enter into it any 
thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, 
or maketh a lie. 

311. Heaven a place of rest. 

2 Th 1 : 6 Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recom- 
pense tabulation to them that trouble you ; 7 And to you who 
are troubled, rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be re- 



vealed. 



'aled 

Heb. 4 : 3 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as 

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HEAVEN. 312, 31^ 



Nearness to God— Its Happiness. 



he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into 
my rest : although the works were finished from the founda- 
tion of the world. 9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the 
people of God. 

Rev. 14 : 13 And I heard a voice from heaven, saying unto 
me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from 
henceforth : Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from thqir 
labors. 

312. Nearness to God and to Christ in heaven. 

Jn. 17 : 22 And the glory which thou gavest me, I have 
given them ; that they may be one, even as we are one ; 23 I 
in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in 
one ; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and 
hast loved them as thou hast loved me. 24 Father, I will that 
they also whom thou hast given me be with me where I am j 
that they may behold my glory. 

Rev. 22 : 4 And they shall see his face ; and his name shall 
be in their foreheads. 

313. Perfect and perpetual happiness in heaven. 

Ps. 16 : 11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life : in thy pres- 
ence is fulness of joy ; at thy right hand there are pleasures 
for evermore. 

36 : 8 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of 
thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy 
pleasures. 9 For with thee is the fountain of hfe : in thy 
light shall we see light. 

84 : 11 For the Lord God is a sun and shield : the Lord will 
give grace and glory; no good thing v^iW he withhold from 
them that walk uprightly. 

Is. 51 : 11 Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return 
and come with singing unto Zion ; and everlasting joy shall 
6c' upon iheir head : they shall obtain gladness and joy j and 
sorrow and mourning shall flee away. 

1 Cor. 2 : 9 Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have 
entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath pre- 
pared for them that love him. 

1 Pet. 4:13 But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of 
Christ's sufferings ; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye 
may be glad also with exceeding joy. 

Jude 24 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, 

23* 269 



314 HEAVEN. 



Rewards of. 



and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory 
with exceeding joy. 

Rev. 7 : 15 Therefore are they before the throne of God, 
and serve him day and night in his temple : and he that sitteth 
on the throne shall dwell among them. 16 They shall hun- 
ger no more, neither thirst any more ; neither shall the sun 
light on them, nor any heat. 17 For the Lamb which is in 
the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them 
unto living fountains of waters : and God shall wipe away all 
tears from their eyes. 

21 : 3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven, saying, Be- 
hold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell 
with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall 
be with them, and he their God. 4 And God shall wipe away 
all tears from their eyes ; and there shall be no more death, 
neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more 
pain. 

314. Possessions^ honors, rewards, and glory in heaven. 

Mat. 13 :43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun 
in the kingdom of their Father. 

19 : 28 And Jesus said unto them, Verily, I say unto you, 
That ye which have followed me in the regeneration, when the 
Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall 
sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 

Lk. 12 : 32 Fear not, little flock ; for it is your Father's good 
pleasure to give you the kingdom. 

22 : 28 Ye are they which have continued with me in my 
temptations. 29 And 1 appoint unto you a kingdom, as my 
Father hath appointed unto me; 30 That ye may eat and 
drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones, judging 
the twelve tribes of Israel. 

Rom. 8 : 17 And if children, then heirs : heirs of God, and 
joint-heirs with Christ ; if so be that we suffer with him, that 
we may be also glorified together. 18 For I reckon, that the 
sufferings of this present time are not worthy to he compared 
with the glory which shall be revealed in us. 32 He that 
spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how 
shall he not with him also freely give us all things ? 

1 Cor. 3 : 21 Therefore let no man glory in men : for all 
things are yours ; 22 Whether Paul, or ApoUos, or Cephas, or 
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HEAVEN. ^^Hm^V 215 

Comparative Glory of the Saints in Heaven. 



the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to 
come J all are yours j 23 And ye are Christ's : and Christ is 
God's. 

2 Cor. 4 : 17 For our light affliction, which is but for a mo- 
ment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight 
of glory. 

Heb. 11 : 16 But now they desire a better country, that is, a 
heavenly : wherefore God ie not ashamed to be called their 
God : for he hath prepared for them a city. 

Rev. 1 : 5 Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our 
sins in his own blood, 6 And hath made us kings and priests 
unto God and his Father ; to him be glory and dominion for 
ever and ever. 

21 ; 2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming 
down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for 
her husband. 7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things ; 
and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. 

22 : 5 And there shall be no night there ; and they need no 
candle, neither light of the sun ; for the Lord God giveth them 
light : and they shall reign for ever and ever. 

315. Comparative glory and blessedness of the saints in 
heaven. 

Dt. 32 : 9 For the Lord's portion is his people ; Jacob is the 
lot of his inheritance. 

Job 7 : 17 What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him ? 
and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him ? 18 And 
that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every 
moment ? 

Ps. 50 : 2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath 
shined. 

Lk. 7 : 42 And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly 
forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love 
him most ? 43 Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, 
to whom he forgave most. And he said unto him. Thou hast 
rightly judged. 47 Wherefore, I say unto thee. Her sins, 
which are many, are forgiven ; for she loved much : but to 
whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little. 

15 : 7 I say unto you, tJiat hkewise joy shall be in heaven 
over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine 
just persons which need no repentance. 22 But the father 

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3J5 HEAVEN. 

Spirittial, incorruptible, unfading, and eternal. ^^^^ 

said to his serva^m^^^dnglbrth the best robe, and put it on 
him ; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet. 

Jn. 17 : 22 And the glory which thou gavest me, I have 
given them ; that they may be one-, even as we are one ; 23 I 
in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect m 
one ; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, 
and hast loved them as thou hast loved me. 

Rom 8 • 29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predes- 
tinate to he conformed to the image of his Son, that he might 
be the first-born among many brethren. 

1 Cor. 6 : 2 Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the 
world ? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye un- 
worthy to judge the smallest matters ? 3 Know ye not that 
we shall judge angels 7 how much more, things that pertam 

to this hfe ? ,. „ . r v* 

Ep. 1 : 18 The eyes of your understandmg bemg enhght- 

ened ; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and 

what 'the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints. 
3-10 To the intent that now unto the principalities and 

powers in heavenly pZaces might be known by the church the 

manifold wisdom of God. . c .v^ 

Heb. 12:23 To the general assembly and church ot tHe 

first-bom, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge 

of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect. 

Jam 1 • 18 Of his own will begat he us with the word ot 

truth that we should be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures. 
Rev. 1 : 6 And hath made us kings and priests unto God 

and his Father ; to him he glory and dominion for ever and 

ever. Amen. 

14 • 3 And they sung as it were a new song betore the 
throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man 
could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thou- 
sand, which were redeemed from the earth. 

316. Heaven spiritual incorruptible, unfading, and eternal. 

Is 60 • 20 Thy sun shall no more go down ; neither shall 
thy moon withdraw itself: for the Lord shall be thine ever- 
lasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended. 

Mat. 6 : 20 But lay up for yourselves treasures m heaven, 
where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt. 

22 : 30 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are 
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HELL— -«OLY SPIRIT. 317, 318 



Hell a riace of Punishment.— Personality of the Holy Spirit 



given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven. 
46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment : but 
the righteous into life eternal. 

1 Cor. 15 : 50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood 
cannot inherit the kingdom of God ; neither doth corruption 
inherit incorruption. 

HELL. 

317. Hell a place of punishment. 

Is. 30 : 33 For Tophet is ordained of old ; yea, for the king 
it is prepared ; he hath made it deep and large : the pile there- 
of is fire and much wood ; the breath of the Lord, like a 
stream of brimstone, doth kindle it. 

Mat. 23 : 33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can 
ye escape the damnation of hell ? 

Lk. 16 : 24 And he cried, and said. Father Abraham, have 
mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of 
his finger in water, and cool my tongue: for I am tormented in 
this flame. 

2 Th. 1 : 8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that 
know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus 
Christ. [See Punishment, future, 471.] 

HOLY SPIRIT. 

318. Personality of the Holy Spirit. 

Mat. 28 : 19 Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing 
them in the name of the Father, and of the Son. and of the 
Holy Ghost. 

Lk. 3 : 22 And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape 
like a dove upon him. 

Jn. 14 : 16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you 
another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever. 

2 Cor. 13 : 14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the 
love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, he with 
you all. Amen. 

Ep. 2 : 18 For through him we both have access by one 
Spirit unto the Father. 

1 Pet. 1 : 2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the 
Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience. 

1 Jn. 5:7 There are three that bear record in heaven, the 

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319, 320 HOLY SPIRIT. 



Divinity — Official Work. 



Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost ; and these three are 
one. 

319. Divine attributes of the Holy Spirit. 

Ac. 5 : 3 But Peter said, 'Ananias, why hath Satan filled 
thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of 
the price of the land ? 4 While it remained, was it not thine 
own ? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power ? 
why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart ? thou hast 
not Ued unto men, but unto God. 

Rom. 15 : 19 Through mighty signs and wonders, by the 
power of the Spirit of God ; so that from Jerusalem, and round 
about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ. 

1 Cor. 2 : 10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his 
Spirit ; for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things 
of God. 11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save 
the spirit of man which is in him ? even so the things of God 
knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. 

12 : 3 Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man 
speaking by the Spirit of God, calleth Jesus accursed : and that 
no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. 

Heb. 9 : 14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who 
through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, 
purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living 
God? 

Jn. 14 : 26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, 
whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you 
all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, what- 
soever I have said unto you. 

320. Office-work of the Holy Spirit. 

1 S. 10 : 10 And when they came thither to the hill, behold, 
a company of prophets met him ; and the Spirit of God came 
upon him, and he prophesied among them. 

Is. 59 : 19 When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the 
Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him. 

Lk. 1 : 67 Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and 
prophesied. 

2 : 26 And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, 
that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's 
Christ. 

12; 11 And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and 
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HOLY SPIRIT. 321 



Sinning against. 



unto magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what 
thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say : 12 For the Holy 
Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say. 

Jn. 3 : 5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee. Ex- 
cept a man be born of water, and of the Spirit, he cannot enter 
mto the kingdom of God. 

16 : 7 Nevertheless, I tell you the truth : It is expedient for 
you that I go away : for if I go not away, the Comforter will 
not come unto you ; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. 
8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and 
of righteousness, and of judgment. 13 When he, the Spirit 
of truth IS come, he will guide you into all truth. 

Ac. 11 : 28 And there stood up one of them named Agabue 
and signified by the Spirit, that there should be great dearth 
throughout all the world : which came to pass in the days of 
Claudius Cesar. 

Rom. 5 : 5 The love of God is shed abroad in our hearts bv 
the Holy Ghost. ^ 

15 : 16 Being sanctified by the Holy Ghost. 

Ep. 4 : 30 Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye 
are sealed unto the day of redemption. 

2 Th. 2 : 13 God hath from the beginning chosen you to 
salvation, through sanctification of the Spirit, and behef of the 
truth. 

Tit 3 : 5 He saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and 
renewing of the Holy Ghost. 

2 Pet J : 21 Holy men of God spake as they were moved bv 
the Holy Ghost 

321. Guilt and danger of sinning against the Holy Spirit. 

Is. 63: 10 But they rebelled, and vexed his Holy Spirit : 
therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought 
against them. 

Mat. 12 : 31 Wherefore I say unto you. All manner of sin 
and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men : but the blasphe- 
my against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. , 
32 And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, ^ 
it shall be forgiven him : but whosoever speaketh against the 
Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, 
neither in the world to come. 

Ac. 7:51 Ye stiff-necked, and uncircumcised in heart and 

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Departure of— Promised Believers. 



eai-s, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost : as your fathers didj 

so do ye. 

Ep. 4 : 30 Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye 
are sealed unto the day of redemption. 

1 Th. 5 : 19 duench not the Spirit. 

Heb. 10:28 He that despised Moses' law, died without 
mercy under two or three witnesses : 29 Of how much sorer 
punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath 
trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood 
of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, 
and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace 1 [See 474.] 

322. Departure of the Spirit. 

Gen. 6 : 3 And the Lord said, My Spirit shall not always 
strive with man, for that he also is flesh : yet his days shall be 
an hundred and twenty years. 

Is. 55 : 6 Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye 
upon him while he is near. 

5 : 6 They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to 
Beek the Lord ; but they shall not find him ; he hath with- 
drawn himself from them. 

9 : 12 Though they bring up their children, yet wiH I be- 
reave them, that there shall not be a man left : yea, wo also to 
them when I depart from them I 

Lk. 19 : 41 And when he was come near, he beheld the city, 
and wept over it, 42 Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, 
at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace I 
but now they are hid from thine eyes. 

323. TTie Holy Spirit promised believers. 

Lk. 11 : 13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good 
gifts unto your children r how much more shall pour heavenly 
Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him ? 

Jn. 14 : 16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give 
you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever j 
17 Even the Spirit of truth ; whom the world cannot receive, 
because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him : but ye know 
him ; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. 

2 Cor. 1 : 21 Now he which establisheth us with you in 
Christ, and hath anointed us, is God ; 22 Who hath also sealed 
us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts. 
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Keeping at Home— Object of Hope— Full Assurance of. 



HOME. 

324. Keeping at home. 

Pr. 25 : 17 Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbor's house ; 
lest he be Aveary of thee, and so hate thee. 

27 : 8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man 
that wandereth from his place. 

Tit. 2 : 4 Teach the young women to be sober, to love their 
husbands, to love their children, 5 To be discreet, chaste, 
keepers at home. 

HOPE. 

325. The proper and chief object of hope. 
Ps. 42 : 5 Hope thou in God. 

Rom. 5 : 2 And rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 

1 Tim. 1 : 1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the com- 
mandment of God our Savior, and Lord Jesus Christ, which 
is our hope. 

1 Pet. 1 : 21 Who by him do beheve in God that raised him 
up from the dead, and gave him glory ; that your faith and 
hope might be in God. 

326. Full assurance of hope inculcated. 

Job 19 : 25 For I know that my Redeemer liveth. 

Rom, 8 : 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ ? 
shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or naked- 
ness, or peril, or sword ? 37 Nay, in all these things we are 
more than conquerors, through him that loved us. 

2 Tim. 4 : 6 For I am now ready to be offered, and the time 
of my departure is at hand. 7 I have fought a good fight, I 
have finished my course, I have kept the faith : 8 Henceforth 
there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the 
Lord, the righteous Judge, shall give me at that day : and not 
to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing. 

Heb. 6:11 And we desire that every one of you do shew 
the same dihgence to the full assurance of hope unto the end : 
12 That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through 
faith and patience inherit the promises. 17 Wherein God, 
willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the 
immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath : 18 That 
by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God 
to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for 

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327 HOSPITALITY. 

Required and exemplified. 



refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us : 19 Which 
liope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, 
and which entereth into that within the vail ; 20 Whither the 
forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest 
for ever after the order of Melchisedec. 

2 Pet. 1 : 10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence 
to make your calling and election sure : for if ye do these 
things, ye shall never fall. 

1 'jn. 3 : 18 My little children, let us not love in word, nei- 
ther in tongue, but in deed and in truth. 19 And hereby we 
know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts be- 
fore him. 

HOSPITALITY. 

327. Hospitality required and exemplijied. 

Rom. 12:10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with 
brotherly love ; in honor preferring one another ; 13 Distribu- 
ting to the necessity of saints : given to hospitality. 

1 Tim. 3 : 2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband 
of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospi- 
tality, apt to teach. 

1 Pet. 4 : 9 Use hospitality one to another without grudging. 

Examples. 

Gen. 18 : 2 And he lifted up his eyes and looked, and lo, 
three men stood by him : and when he saw them^ he ran to 
meet them from the tent- door, and bowed himself toward the 
ground, 3 And said. My Lord, if now I have found favor in 
thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant : 4 Let 
a Httle water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and 
rest yourselves under the tree : 5 And I will fetch a morsel of 
bread, and comfort ye your hearts ; after that ye shall pass on : 
for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So 
do, as thou hast said. 

Job 31 : 32 The stranger did not lodge in the street : hut I 
opened my doors to the traveller. 

Ac. 28 : 7 In the same quarters w^ere possessions of the chief 
man of the island, whose name was Publius ; who received us, 
and lodged us three days courteously. 

3 Jn. 5 Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou 
doest to the brethren, and to strangers ; 6 Which have borne 
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Nature and Necessity of. 



witness of thy charity before the church : whom if thou bring 
forward on their journey after a godly sort, thou shalt do well. 
[See Poverty, 450.] 

HUMILITY. 

328. Nature^ necessity^ and encouragement of humility. 
Jud. 10 : 15 And the children of Israel said unto the Lord, 
We have sinned : do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good 
unto thee ; deliver us only, we pray thee, this day. 

2 S. 24 : 17 And David spake unto the Lord when he saw 
the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, 
and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, what have they 
done? Let thy hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against 
my father's house. 

Job 2:10 But he said unto her. Thou speakest as one of 
the foolish women speaketh. What ! shall we receive good at 
the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil ? In all this 
did not Job sin with his lips. 

Lk. 15 : 18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say 
unto him. Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before 
thee, 19 And am no more worthy to be called thy son : make 
me as one of thy hired servants. 

18 : 13 And the pubhcan, standing afar off, would not lift up 
so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, 
saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. 14 I tell you, this 
man went down to his house justified rather than the other : 
for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased ; and he 
that humbleth himself shall be exalted. 

23 : 40 But the other answering, rebuked him, saying, Dost 
not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation ? 
41 And we indeed justly : for we receive the due reward of 
our deeds. 

Ac. 20 : 18 And when they were come to him, he said unto 
them, Ye know, from the first day that I came into Asia, after 
what manner I have been with you at all seasons, 19 Serv- 
ing the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears 
and temptations, which befel me by the lying in wait of the 
Jews. 

J^Teccssity. 

Lev. 26 : 41 If then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, 
and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity: 

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Humility encouraged. 



42 Then will 1 remember my covenant with Jacob, and also 
my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham 
will I remember ; and I will remember the land. 

Pr. 15 : 33 The fear of the Lord is the instruction of wis- 
dom : and before honor is humility. 

Mic. 6 : 8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good ; and 
what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to 
love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God 7 

Lk. 18 : 14 I tell you, this man went down to his house jus- 
tified rather than the other : for every one that exalteth him- 
self shall be abased: and he that humbleth himself shall be 

exalted. 

Jam. 4 : 6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, 
God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. 
10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall 

lift you up. 

1 Pet. 5 : 5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto 
the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be 
clothed with humihty : for God resisteth the proud, and giveth 
grace to the humble. 

Job 22 : 29 When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, 
There is lifting up ; and he shall save the humble person. 

Ps. 9 : 12 When he maketh inquisition for blood, he re- 
membereth them : he forgetteth not the cry of the humble. 

10 : 17 Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the humble : 
thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear. 

138 : 6 Though the Lord be high, yet hath he respect unto 
the lowly : but the proud he knoweth afar off. 

Pr. 3 : 34 Surely he scorneth the scorners : but he giveth 

grace unto the lowly. 

'^ 22 : 4 By humility and the fear of the Lord are riches, and 

honor, and life. 

29 : 23 A man's pride shall bring him low : but honor shall 

uphold the humble in spirit. . t, r • 

Is. 57 : 15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that mhabit- 
eth eternity, whose name is Holy ; I dwell in the high and 
holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble 
spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the 
heart of the contrite ones. 

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Idleness reproved— Its Evils. 



Mat. 5:3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the 
kingdom of heaven. 

Jam. 4 : 6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, 
• C^od resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble 
10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall 
hit you up. 

1 Pet. 5 : 5 God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the 
humble. 6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty 
hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time. 

IDLENESS. 

329. Idleness reproved and punished. 

Pr. 6 : 6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard ; consider her ways, 
and be wise: 7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler 
8 Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food 
m the harvest. 9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard'? 
when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep ? 

18:9 He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him 
that IS a great waster. 

20 : 13 Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty ; open thine 
eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread. 

Ezk 16 : 49 Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, 
pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her 
and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of 
the poor and needy. 

Mat. 20 : 6 Why stand ye here all the day idle ? 

25 : 25 And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the 
earth : lo, there thou hast that is thine. 26 His lord answered 
and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant thou 
knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I 
have not strewed : 27 Thou oughtest therefore to have put my 
money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should 
have received mine own with usury. 28 Take therefore the 
talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents. 
29 For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall 
have abundance : but from him that hath not, shall be taken 
away even that which he hath. 30 And cast ye the unprofit- 
able servant into outer darkness : there shall be weeping and 
gnashing of teeth. ^ ^ 

2 Th. 3 : 10 For even when we were with you, this we com- 

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Character of the Heathen. 



manded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat. 
11 For we hear that there are some which walk among you 
disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies. 12 Now 
them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus . 
Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread. 

Punished. 

Pr. 15 : 19 The way of the slothful man is as a hedge of 
thorns : but the way of the righteous is made plain. 

19 : 15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep ; and an idle 
soul shall suffer hunger. 

20 : 4 The sluggard will not plough by reason of the cold ; 
therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing. 

21 : 25 The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands 
refuse to labor. 26 He coveteth greedily all the day long: 
but the righteous giveth and spareth not. 

23 : 21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to pov- 
erty : and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. 

24 : 30 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vine- 
yard of the man void of understanding ; 31 And lo, it was all 
grown over with thorns, a7id nettles had covered the face there- 
of, and the stone wall thereof was broken down. 32 Then 1 
saw, and considered it well : I looked upon it, and received 
instruction. 33 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little fold- 
ing of the hands to sleep: 34 So shall thy poverty come as 
one that travelleth ; and thy want as an armed man. 

Ec. 10 : 18 By much slothfulness the building decayeth ; 
and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through. 

IDOLATRY AND HEATHENISM. 

330. What character is ascribed to heathen idolaters? 

2 K. 16 : 3 But he [Ahaz] walked in the way of the kings 
of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, ac- 
cording to the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord 
cast out from before the children of Israel. 

Ezra 6: 21 And the children of Israel, which were come 
again out of captivity, and all such as had separated them- 
selves unto them from the filthiness of the heathen of the 
land, to seek the Lord God of Israel, did eat. 

Rom. 1 : 21 Because that when they knew God, they glori- 
fied him not as God, neither were thankful, but became vain 
in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. 
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IDOLATRY AND HEATHENISM. 331, 332 

Heathen Gods — Idolatry natural to Man. 

22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools ; 

23 And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an 
image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four-footed 
beasts, and creeping things. 24 Wherefore God also gave 
them up to uncleanness, through the lusts of their own 
hearts, to dishonor their own bodies between themselves : 
29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wicked- 
ness, covetousness, maliciousness ; full of envy, murder, de- 
bate, deceit, malignity ; whisperers, 30 Backbiters, haters of 
God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, dis- 
obedient to parents, 31 Without understanding, covenant- 
breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful. 

Ep. 4 : 17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that 
ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity 
of their mind, 18 Having the understanding darkened, being 
alienated from the life of God throuorh the ignorance that is 
in them, because of the blindness of their heart : 19 Who, 
being past feeling, have given themselves over unto lascivious- 
ness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. 

331. Heathen gods. 

Ps. 115 : 4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's 
hands. 5 They have mouths, but they speak not : eyes have 
they, but they see not: 6 They have ears, but they hear not: 
noses have they, but they smell not : 7 They have hands, but 
they handle not : feet have they, but they walk not : neither 
speak they through their throat. 8 They that make them are 
like unto them ; so is every one that trusteth in them. 

Is. 46 : 6 They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver 
m the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god : 
they fall down, yea, they worship. 7 They bear him upon the 
shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he 
standeth ; from his place shall he not remove : yea, one shall 
cry unto him yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his 
trouble. 

332. Mankind naturally inclined to idolatry. 

Ex. 32 : 1 And when the people saw that Moses delayed to 
come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves 
together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods 
which shall go before us : for as for this Moses, the man that 

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Forbidden. 



brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is 

become of him. 

2K 17:16 And they left all the comma-dments ot the 
Lord their God. and made them molten iraages, even two 
calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host ot 
heaven, and served Baal. 

Jer 44 • 17 But we will certainly do whatsoever thmg goeth 
forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of 
heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto her, as we have 
done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes m the 
cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem : iov then had 
we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil. 
333. Idolatry and image-worship forbidden. 
Ex 20-3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 4 1 hou 
Shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness 
of any thing that is in heaven above, or that ^\i" f ^^^^^* ^^^; 
neath, or that is in the water under the earth: 5 Thou shalt 
not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord 
thv God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers 
upon the children unto the third and fourth generation o^ ih^m 

that hate me. ^ *u t ^t,t^ 

22 : 20 He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the Lord 

only, he shall be utterly destroyed. 

23-24 Thou Shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve 
them', nor do after their works : but thou shalt utterly over- 
throw them, and quite break down their images. 

34- 17 Thou shalt make thee no molten gods. 

Lev. 19 : 4 Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves 
molten gods : I am the Lord your God. 

26 • 1 Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither 
rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any 
ixnage of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am 

the Lord your God. a c 

Dt 6 : 14 Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods ot 
the people which are round about you ; 15 (For the Loko thy 
God i. a jealous God among you ;) lest the anger of the Lobp 
thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the 

'T- 19 And h'Lu be, if thou do at all forget the Lonn thy 
God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship 
Aem, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely pensh. 
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Consequences of. 



27 : 15 Cursed he the man that maketh any graven or molten 
image, an abomination unto the Lord, the work of the hands 
of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place : and all the 
people shall answer and say, Amen. 

28 : 14 And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words 
which I command thee this day, to the right hand or ifo the left, 
to go after other gods to serve them. 

30 : 17 But if thy heart turn away, so that thou wilt not 
hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and 
serve them ; 18 I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall 
surely perish. 

Jud. 10 : 13 Yet ye have forsaken me, and served other 
gods : wherefore I will deHver you no more. 14 Go and cry 
unto the gods which ye have chosen ; let them deliver you in 
the time of your tribulation. 

1 K. 9:6 But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye 
or your children, and will not keep my commandments and 
my statutes which I have set before you, but g© and serve 
other gods, and worship them : 7 Then will I cut off Israel out 
of the land which I have given them ; and this house which f 
have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight ; and 
Israel shall be a proverb and a by-word among all people. 

Jer. 44 : 2 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel ; 
Ye have seen all the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, 
and upon all the cities of Judah ; and behold, this day they are 
a desolation, and no man dwelleth therein ; 3 Because of their 
wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to an- 
ger, m that they Avent to burn incense, and to serve other gods, 
whom they knew not, neither they, ye, nor your fathers. 
4 Howbeit, I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising 
early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable 
thing that I hate. 

334. Consequences of idolatry. 

Jud. 2 : 11 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of 
the Lord, and served Baalim : 12 And they forsook the Lord 
God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of 
Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that 
were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and 
provoked the Lord to anger. 13 And they forsook the Lord, 
and served Baal and Ashtaroth. 14 And the anger of the 

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Consequences of. 



Lord was hot again.t Israel, and he dehvered them into the 

' tr/o : 6°And the children of Israel did evil again in the dght 
of the LOBD, and served Baalim, and A^^taroth, and the gods 
•of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods "f Mo'.b, a^^ 
the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Ph.hs 
tines and forsook the Lord, and served not him. 7 And the 
anSr of the Lord was hot against Israel, and he sold them 
tntf the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the chd- 

"Tk Ir^And the children of Israel did secretly *Ao.« 
things 'that' »ere not right against the Lord &eir God and 
fhev built them high places in all their cities, from the tower 
Kwlhrn toVfenced city. 10 And they set then, np 
mages and groves in every high hill, -^ under every g^n 
free- 11 And there they burnt incense m all the high places 
afrfi "the heathen wLm the Lord carried away ^efore 
them • and wrought wicked things to provoke the Lord to an 
tr 12 Fo they served idols, whereof the Lord had s.d 
unto them Ye shall not do this thing. 16 And they left all 
the commandments of the Lord their God, and made them 
m, ten images, even two calves, and made a g-e and w - 
shipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal. 18 J here 

forfthe LORD was very angry -'* ^^^ ' ^^e tXe o Judah 
out of his sight: there was none lett but tne trioe o 

"''22 ■ 17 Because they have forsaken me, and have burned in- 
cense unt! otto godi, that they might provoke me to anger 
wTaU the works'of their hands ; therefore my wrarti shall be 

^^T^i qfi . 18 Wherefore, I poured my fury upon them for the 
Jof th^^t- V^ ^- - U.d and -their .0. 

:rnT"Ltte?at*t;w^ dispersed throu^^^ 
runtries: according to their way and accordmg to their do 
ings I judged them. 
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Sin and Danger of Ignorance.— Instability reproved. 



IGNORANCE. 

335. The sin and danger of ignorance. 

. Ps. 32 : 9 Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have 
no understanding : whose mouth must be held in with bit and 
bridle, lest they come near unto thee. 

Pr. 13 : 18 Poverty and shame shall he to him that refuseth 
instruction : but he that regardeth reproof shall be honored. 

15 : 32 He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul : 
but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding. 

19 : 2 Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it if not 
good ; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth. 

23 : 12 Apply thy heart unto instruction, and thine ears to 
the words of knowledo-e. 

Is. 5 : 13 Therefore my people are gone into captivity, be- 
cause they have no knowledge : and their honorable men are 
famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst. 

Hos. 4 : 1 Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel: 
for the Lord hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the 
land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of - 
God in the land. 6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowl- 
edge : because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject 
thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me : seeing thou hast for- 
gotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children. 

2 Th. 1 : 7 And to you, who are troubled, rest with us, when 
the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty 
angels, 8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know 
not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

INSTABILITY 

336. Instability reproved— Unstable persons to be avoided. 
Gen. 49 : 4 Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel. 

Pr. 24: 21 My son, fear thou the Lord and the king: and 
meddle not with them that are given to chano-e. 

Ep. 4 : 14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed 
to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by 
the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in 
wait to deceive : 15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow 
np into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ. 

Heb. 13 : 9 Be not carried about with divers and strange 
doctrines : for it is a good thing that the heart be established 
with grace. 

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Common — ^Deceitful and injurious — Forbidden and disconraged. 

INTEMPERANCE. 
337. Intemperance a prevalent evil. 

Gen. 9 : 20 And Noah beg-an to he an husbandman, and he 
planted a vineyard : 21 And he drank of the wine, and w£is 
drunken ; and he was uncovered within his tent. 

Is. 2S : 7 But they also have erred through wine, and through 
strong drink are out of the way ; the priest and the prophet 
have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of 
wine, they are out of the way through strong drink ; they err 
in vision, they stumble in judgment. 8 For all tables are full 
of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no place clean. 

56 : 12 Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fiU 
ourselves with strong drink. 

Dan. 5 : 1 Belshazzar the king made a ffreat feast to a 
thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand. 
4 They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver. 

1 Cor. 11:21 For in eating every one taketh before other 
his own supper : and one is hungry, and another is drunken. 

33S. Intoxicating drink adapted to deceive and injure. 

Pr. 20 : 1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging : and 
whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. 

23 : 21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to pov- 
erty. 29 Who hath wo ? who hath sorrow ? who hath con- 
tentions ? who hath babbling ? who hath wounds without 
cause ? who hath redness of eyes ? 30 They that tarry long 
at the wine ; they that go to seek mixed wine. 34 Yea, thou 
shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he 
that lieth upon the top of a mast. 35 They have stricken me, 
shalt thou say, and I was not sick ; they have beaten me, aiid I 
felt it not : when shall I awake ? I will seek it yet again. 

Jer. 25 : 27 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith 
the Lord o hosts, the God ot Israel ; Drink ye, and be drunk- 
en, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword 
which I will send among you. 

Hos. 4:11 Whoredom and wine and new wine take away 
the heart. 

339. Intemperance forbidden and discouraged. 
Dt. 21 : 20 And they shall say unto the elders of his city, 
This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our 
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Forbidden and discouraged. 



voice ; ^ w a glutton, and a drunkard. 21 And all the men of 
his city shall stone him with stones, that he die : so shalt thou 
put evil away from among you, and all Israel shall hear, and 
fear. ' 

Pr. 23 : 20 Be not among wine-bibbers ; among riotous eat- 
ers of flesh. 31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red 
when it giveth his color in the cup, when it moveth itself aright! 
31 At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. 

Is. 5: 11 Wo unto them that rise up early in the mornino- 
that they may follow strong drink ; that continue until nigh? 
till wine inflame them ! 12 And the harp, and the viol, the 
tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts : 22 Wo unto 
them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to 
mingle strong drink. 

28 : 1 Wo to the crown of priJe, to the drunkards of 
Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are 
on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with 
wine ! 

Mat. 24 : 48 But and if tliat evil servant shall say in his heart, 
My lord delayeth his coming; 49 And shall begin to smite his 
feUow-servants, and to eat and drink with the drunken ; 50 The 
lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not 
for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of, 51 And shall 
cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypo- 
crites : there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 

Rom. 13 : 13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day : not in 
rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness 
not in strife and envying. 

1 Cor. 6 : 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards nor 
revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. 

Gal. 5:19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which 
are these, Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 
20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath,' 
strife, seditions, heresies, 21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, 
revellings, and such hke : of the which I tell you before, as I 
have also told you in time past, that they which do such things 
shaJi not inherit the kingdom of God. 

Ep. 5 : 18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; 
but be ye filled with the Spirit. [See 194.] 

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To be avoided — Forbidden to Kings, Priests, &c. 



340. The wisdom of avoiding intoxicating drink, and the 
tempters and temptations to it. 

Pr. 6 : 27 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes 
not be burned? 

Dan. 1 : 8 But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would 
not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with 
the wine which he drank. 12 Prove thy servants, I beseech 
thee, ten days ; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water 
to drink. 15 And at the end of ten days their countenances 
appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which 
did eat the portion of the king's meat. 

Lk. 1 : 15 For he [John] shall be great in the sight of the 
Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink. 

Rom. 14 : 21 It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink 
wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offend- 
ed, or is made weak. 

1 Cor. 5:11 But now I have written unto you not to keep 
company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, 
or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an 
extortioner : with such an one no not to eat. 

1 Th. 5 : 22 Abstain from all appearance of evil. 

341. Priests, Nazarites, and civil rulers specially forbidden 
the use of strong drink. 

Lev. 10 : 8 And the Lord spake unto Aaron, saying, 9 Do 
not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, 
when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye 
die : it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations: 
10 And that ye may put difleremce between holy and unholy, 
and between unclean and clean ; 11 And that ye may teach 
the children of Israel all the statutes which the Lord hath 
spoken unto them by the hand of Moses. 

Num. 6 : 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When 
either man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow 
of a Nazarite, to separate themselves unto the Lord ; 3 He 
shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall 
drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither 
shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or 
dried. 4 All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing 
that is made of the vine-tree, from the kernels even to the husk. 
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Irony used in the Bible— The Jews a numerous Race. 



Pr. 31:4 It w not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to 
drink wine ; nor for princes strong drink : 5 Lest they drink, 
and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the 
afflicted. 

IRONY. 
342. Ironical language sometimes used in the Bible. 
Jud. 10 : 14 Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen ; 
let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation. 

1 K. 18 : 27 And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mock- 
ed them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god: either he is 
talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradven- 
ture he sleepeth, and must be awaked. 

Job 12 : 1 And Job answered and said, 2 No doubt but ye 
are the people, and wisdom shall die with you. 

Ec. 11 : 9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth ; and let thy 
heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the 
ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes : but know 
thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment. 
Am. 4 : 5 Come to Beth-el and transgress : at Gilgafmulti- 
ply transgression ; and bring your sacrifices every morning 
and your tithes after three years : 5 And offer a sacrifice of 
thanksgivmg with leaven, and proclaim and publish the free- 
offermgs : for this liketh you, O ye children of Israel, saith the 
Lord God. Mk. 7:9. 

THE JEWS, OR SEED OF ABRAHAM. 

343. Promises and predictions respecting the number of the 
Jews. "^ 

Gen. 13 : 16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the 
earth : so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then 
shall thy seed also be numbered. 

26 : 4 And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of 
heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries : and 
m thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed. 

Is. 27 : 6 He shaU cause them that come of Jacob to take 
root : Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the 
world with fruit. 

60 : 22 A little one shall become a thousand, and a smaU 
one a strong nation : I the Lord will hasten it in his time. 
iiiZk. 37 : 26 Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with 

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them ; it shall he an everlasting covenant with them : and I 
will place them, and multiply them, and will set my seuictuary 
in the midst of them for evermore. 

Hos. 1 : 10 Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be 
as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor num- 
bered ; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it 
was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be 
said unto them. Ye are the sons of the living God. 

Gen. 15 : 5, and 16 : 10, and 22 : 17, and 28 : 14. Num. 23 : 10. 
Is. 65 : 23. , 

344. Extent of their territory^ and nature of the grant to them. 
Gen. 15:18 In that same day the Lord made a covenant 
with Abram, saying. Unto thy seed have I given this land, 
from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Eu- 
phrates. 

17 : 8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the 
land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for 
an everlasting possession ; and 1 will be their God. 

26 : 2 And the Lord appeared unto him, and said. Go not 
down into Egypt : dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of. 
3 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless 
thee : for unto thee, and unto thy seed I will give all these 
countries, and I will perform the oath which 1 sware unto 
Abraham thy father. 

Num. 34 : 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Com- 
mand the children of Israel, and say unto them. When ye come 
into the land of Canaan ; (this is the land that shall fall unto 
you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan with the 

coasts thereof) 

Dt. 32 : 8 When the Most High divided to the nations their 
inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the 
bounds of the people according to the number of the children 
of Israel. 9 For the Lord's portion is his people ; Jacob is the 
lot of his inheritance. 

Jos. 1 : 4 From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto 
the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hit- 
tites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the 
sun, shall be your coast. 

Num. 34:2-^12. Gen. 12:7, and 13:14—17. Ex. 6:4, 

and 32 : 1 3. 
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345. Their dispersion. 

Dt. 28 : 36 The Lord shall bring thee, and thy king which 
thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor 
thy fathers have known ; and there shalt thou serve other 
gods, wood and stone. 37 And thou shalt become an aston- 
ishment, a proverb, and a by-word, among all nations whither 
the Lord shall lead thee. 41 Thou shalt beget sons and 
daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them : for they shall go 
into captivity. 63 And it shall come to pass, that as the Lord 
rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you ; so the 
Lord will rejoice over you to destroy you and to bring you to 
nought ; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou 
goest to possess it. 64 And the Lord shall scatter thee among 
all people from the one end of the earth even unto the other ; 
and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor 
thy fathers have known, even wood and stone. 65 And among 
these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of 
thy foot have rest: but the Lord shall give thee there a 
trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind. 
66 And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee : and thou 
shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thv 
hfe. ^ 

2 K. 17 : 6 In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria 
took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed 
them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the 
cities of the Medes. 18 Therefore the Lord was very angry 
with Israel, and removed them out of his sight : there was 
none left but the tribe of Judah only. 19 Also Judah kept 
not the commandments of the Lord their God, but walked in 
the statutes of Israel which they made. 20 And the Lord 
rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered 
them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of 
his sight. 23 So was Israel carried away out of their own 
land to Assyria unto this day. 

346. TTieir resuscitation, reunion, and return to the promised 
land, with peculiar subsequent prosperity. 

Is. 11 : 11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the 
Lord shall set his ha^id again the second time to recover the 
remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and 
from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Gush, and from Elam, 

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and from Shinar. and from Hamath, and from the islands of 
the sea. 12 And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, 
and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together 
the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth. 
13 The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversa- 
ries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, 
and Judah shall not vex Ephraim. 16 And there shall be an 
highway for the remnant of his people, which shall be left, 
from Assyria ; like as it was to Israel in the day that he came 
up out of the land of Egypt. 

Is. 27 : 6 He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take 
root ; Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world 
with fruit, 13 And it shall come to pass in that day, thai the 
great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were 
ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the 
land of Egypt, and shall worship the Lord in the holy mount 
at Jerusalem. 

49 : 22 Thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I will lift up my 
hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people : 
and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters 
shall be carried upon their shoulders. 23 And kings shall be 
thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: 
they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, 
and hck up the dust of thy feet ; and thou shalt know that 1 
am the Lord : for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me. 
Jer. 3 : 17 At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne 
of the Lord ; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to 
the name of the Lord, to Jerusalem : neither shall they walk 
any more after the imagination of their evil heart. 18 In 
those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of 
Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the 
north to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto 
your fathers. 

16 : 14 Therefore behold, the days come, saith the Lord, 
that it shall no more be said, The Lord liveth, that brought up 
the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt. 15 But, The 
Lord liveth, that brought up the children of Israel from the 
land of the north, and from all the lands whither he had driven 
them : and I will bring them again into their land that I gave 
unto their fathers. 16 Behold, I will send for many fishers, 
eaith the Lord, and they shall fish them j and after will I send 
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for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mount- 
ain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks. 

Ezk. 20 : 40 For in my holy mountain, in the mountain of the 
height of Israel, saith the Lord God, there shall all the house 
of Israel, all of them in the land, serve me : there will I accept 
them, and there will I require your offerings, and the first 
fruits of your oblations, with all your holy things. 41 I will 
accept you with your sweet savor, when I bring you out from 
the people, and gatlier you out of the countries wherein ye 
have been scattered ; and I will be sanctified in you before the 
heathen. 42 And ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I 
shall bring you into the land of Israel, into the country/or the 
which I lifted up my hand to give it to your fathers. 43 And 
there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings where- 
in ye have been defiled ; and ye shall loathe yourselves in your 
own sigjit ; for all your evils that ye have committed. 44 And 
ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I have wrought with 
you for my name's sake, not according to your wicked ways, 
nor according to your corrupt doings, O ye house of Israel, 
saith the Lord God. 

34 : 13 And I will bring them out from the people, and 
gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their 
own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the 
rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country. 23 And 
I will set up one Shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, 
even my servant David ; he shall feed them, and he shall be 
their shepherd. 24 And I the Lord will be their God, and 
my servant David a prince among them ; I the Lord have 
spoken it. 25 And I will make with them a covenant of 
peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land : 
and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the 
woods. 26 And I will make them and the places round about 
my hill a blessing ; and I will cause the shower to come down 
in his season ; there shall be showers of blessing. 27 And 
the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall 
yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and 
shall know that I am the Lord, when I have broken the bands 
of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those 
that served themselves of them. 28 And they shall no more 
be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beasts of the land 
devour them ; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make 

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them afraid. 29 And I will raise up for them a plant of re- 
nown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the 
land, neither bear the shame of the heathen any more. 

Ezk. 36 : 1 Also, thou son of man, prophesy unto the mountains 
of Israel, and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of 
the Lord : 2 Thus saith the Lord God ; Because the enemy 
hath said against you. Aha, even the ancient high places are 
ours in possession : 3 Therefore,prophesy and say, Thus saith 
the Lord Goo ; Because they have made you desolate, and 
swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession 
unto the residue of the heathen, and ye are taken up in the 
lips of talkers, and are an infamy of the people : 4 Therefore, 
ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God ; Thus 
saith the Lord God to the mountains, and to the hills, to the 
rivers, and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the 
cities that are forsaken, which became a prey and derision to 
the residue of the heathen that are round about ; 5 Therefore 
thus saith the Lord God ; Surely in the fire of my jealousy 
have I spoken against the residue of the heathen, and against 
all Idumea, which have appointed my land into their posses- 
sion with the joy of all their heart, with despiteful minds, to 
cast it out for a prey. 6 Prophesy therefore concerning the 
land of Israel, and say unto the mountains, and to the hills, to 
the rivers, and to the valleys. Thus saith the Lord God ;. Be- 
hold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because 
ye have borne the shame of the heathen : 7 Therefore thus 
saith the Lord God ; I have lifted up mine hand : Surely the 
heathen that are about you, they shall bear their shame. 
8 But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your 
branches, and yield your fruit to my people of Israel ; for they 
are at hand to come. 9 For behold, I am for you, and I will 
turn unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown : 10 And I will 
multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, even all of it : 
and the cities shall be inhabited, and the wastes shall be 
builded: 11 And I will multiply upon you man and beast; 
and they shall increase and bring fruit : and I v/ill settle you 
after your old estates, and will do better unto you than at your 
beginnings : and ye shall know that I am the Lord. 12 Yea, 
1 will cause men to walk upon you, even my people Israel ; and 
they shall possess thee, and thou shalt be their inheritance, 
and thou shalt no more henceforth bereave them of men. 
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13 Thus saith the Lord God ; Because they say unto you, 
Thou land devourest up men, and hast bereaved thy nations ; 

14 Therefore, thou shalt devour men no more, neither bereave 
thy nations any more, saith the Lord God. 15 Neither will I 
cause men to hear in thee the shame of the heathen any more, 
neither shalt thou bear the reproach of the people any more, 
neither shalt thou cause thy nations to fall any more, saith the 
Lord God. 33 Thus saith the Lord God ; In the day that I 
shall have cleansed you from all your iniquities I will also 
cause you to dwell in the cities, and the wastes shall be builded. 
34 And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay deso- 
late in the sight of all that passed by. 35 And they shall say, 
This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden ; 
and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become ienced, 
and are inhabited. 36 Then the heathen that are left round 
about you shall know that I the Lord build the ruined places, 
and plant that that was desolate : I the Lord have spoken xY, 
and I will do it. 

37 : 1 The hand of the Lord was upon me, and carried me 
out in the Spirit of the Lord, and set me down in the midst of 
the valley which u^os full of bones, 2 And caused me to pass 
by them round about : and behold, there were very many in the 
open valley ; and lo, they were very dry. 3 And he said unto 
me, Son of man, can these bones live? and I answered, 
O Lord God, thou knowest. 11 Then he said unto me, Son 
of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel : behold, they 
say. Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost : we are cut off 
for our parts. 12 Therefore prophesy and say unto them. 
Thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, O my people, I will open 
your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, 
and bring you into the land of Israel. 13 And ye shall know 
that I am the Lord, when I have opened your graves, O my 
people, and brought you up out of your graves, 14 And shall 
put my Spirit in you, and ye shall Kve, and I shall place you 
in your own land : then shall ye know that I the Lord have 
spoken it, and performed it, saith the Lord. 16 Moreover, 
thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it. For 
Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions : then 
take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of 
Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions : 
17 And join them one to another into one stick ; and they shall 

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become one in thy hand. 18 And when the children of thy 
people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us 
what thou meanest by these ? 19 Say unto them, Thus saith 
the Lord God ; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which 
is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, 
and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and 
make them one stick, and they shall be one in my hand. 20 And 
the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thy hand before 
their eyes. 21 And say unto them. Thus saith the Lord God ; 
Behold, I will take the children of Israel from amonor the 
heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every 
side, and bring them into their own land: 22 And I will make 
them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel ; and 
one king shall be king to them all : and they shall be no more 
two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms 
any more at all : 23 Neither shall they defile themselves any 
more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with 
any of their transgressions : but I will save them out of all 
their dwelling-places, wherein they have sinned, and will 
cleanse them : so shall they be my people, and I will be their 
God. 25 And they shall dwell in the land that I have given 
unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt, and 
they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and 
their children's children for ever : and my servant David shall 
he their prince for ever. 26 Moreover I will make a covenant 
of peace with them ; it shall be an everlasting covenant with 
them : and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set 
my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore. 27 My 
tabernacle also shall be with them : yea, I will be their God, 
and they shall be my people. 28 And the heathen shall know 
that I the Lord do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be 
in the midst of them for evermore. 

Ezk. 39 : 24 According to their uncleanness and according to 
their transgressions have I done unto them, and hid my face 
from them. 25 Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; Now will 
I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the 
whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my holy name ; 
28 Then shall they know that I am the Lord their God, which 
caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen : but 
I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left none 
of them any more there. 29 Neither will I hide my face any 
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more from them: for I hB:^^^^^^^;^^^;;;^'^^^ 
house of Israel, saith the Lord God. 

as the sand of he sea, which cannot be measured nor num 
bered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it 

said unto them. Ye are the sons of the hving God. 11 Then 
shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gath- 
ered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shaU 

'T-7f"!h vJ'"'^ .^^ -''^' ^'"^^ '' ^^^ day of Jezreel. 
3 . 4 For the children of Israel shall abide many days with- 
out a kmg, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and 
without an image and without an ephod, and without tera^ 
phim: 5 Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and 
seek the Lord their God, and David their king ; and shall fear 
tHe Lord and his goodness in the latter days. 

Am 9 : 14 And I will bring again the captivity of my peo- 
ple of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit 
Amy and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine 
thereof ; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of 
them. 15 And I will plant them upon their land, and they 
shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given 
them, saith the Lord thy God. ^ 

Mic. 2: 12 I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I 
wi 1 surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them to- 
gether as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their 

Zn v7 i'f r? ^''^' "°^'' ^y '^^'^'' «^^^^ multitude of 
men. 13 The breaker is come up before them: they have 
broken up, and have passed through the gate, and are gone 

nn th^i ' r. ', '^' ^'"- '^^^^ ^'"'^ ^'^^'^ ^h^^' and the Lord 
on the head of them. 

, -1^^'' ^^:^ ^"^ ^ "^'^ strengthen the house of Judah, and I 
^vIll save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to 
place them ; for I have mercy upon them : and they shall be 
as though I had not cast them off: for I rm the Lord their 
God, and will hear them. 7 And they of Ephraim shall be 
like a mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice as through ^ 
wine : yea, their children shall see it, and be glad ; their heart 
shall rejoice m the Lord. 8 I will hiss for them, and gather 
them ; for I have redeemed them : and they shall increase as 
they have mcreased. 10 I will bring them again also out of 

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347, 348 JEWs^ 

"" ~ Obstructions to their Return— Enlarged Possessions. 



the land of Etrypt, and gather them out of Assyria; and I will 
bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon ; and place 
shall not be found for them. 

Lk. 21 : 24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and 
shaU be led away captive into all nations : and Jerusalem shall 
be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles 
be fulfilled. Mic. 5th chap. 

347. Removal of obstructions to the return of the Jews, 

Is 11 • 15 And the Lord shall utterly destroy the tongue of 
the kgyptian sea ; and with his mighty wind shall he shake 
his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, 
and make men go over dry-shod. 

27 • 12 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord 
shall beat off from the channel of the river unto the stream of 
Egypt, and ye shaU be gathered one by one, O ye children of 

Israel. 

Rev. 16 : 12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon 
the great river Euphrates ; and the water thereof was dried 
up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared. 
348. Enlarged possessions predicted. 

Is 11 : 14 But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philis- 
tines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east 
together: they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab ; 
and the children of Ammon shall obey them. 

Am. 9 : 1'x In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David 
that is f'allen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will 
raise up his ruins, and 1 will build it as in the days of old: 
12 That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the 
heathen which are called by my name, saith the Lord that 

doeth this. , i. t, 

Ob. 18 And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house 
of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they 
shall kindle in them, and devour them ; and there shall not be 
any remaining of the house of Esau ; for the Lord hath 
spoken it. 19 And they of the south shall possess the mount 
of Esau; and they of the plain the Philistines : and they shall 
possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria : and 
Benjamin shall possess Gilead. 20 And the captivity of this 
host of the children of Israel sJiall possess that of the Canaan- 
ites, even unto Zarephath ; and the captivity of Jerusalem, 
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which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south. 
See Is. 54 : 3. 

349. Trials and revolutions connected with the return of the 
Jews to Palestine. 

Is. 11 : 14 But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Phil- 
istines toward the west ; they shall spoil them of the east to- 
gether : they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab ; and 
the children of Ammon fehall obey them. 

Jer. 30 : 7 Alas ! for that day is great, so that none is like 
it : it is even the time of Jacob's trouble, but he shall be saved 
out of it. 11 For 1 am with thee, saith the Lord, to save 
thee : though I make a full end of all nations whither I have 
scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee : but I will 
correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether un- 
punished. 

Ezk. 20 : 33 As I live, saith the Lord God, surely with a 
mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury 
poured out, will I rule over you : 34 And I will bring you out 
from the people, and will gather you out of the countries 
wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with a 
stretched out arm, and with fury poured out. 35 And I will 
bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I 
plead with you face to face. 36 Like as I pleaded with your 
fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead 
with you, saith the Lord God. 37 And I will cause you to 
pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the 
covenant: 38 And I will purge out from among you the 
rebels, and them that transgress against me : I will bring them 
forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not 
enter into the land of Israel : and ye shall know that I am the 
Lord. 

38 : 8 After many days thou shalt be visited : in the latter 
years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from 
the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the 
mountains of Israel, which have been always waste : but it is 
brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely 
all of them. 9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, 
thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy 
bands, and many people with thee. 11 And thou shalt say, I 
will go up to the land of unwalled villages ; I will go to them 

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that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without 
walls and having neither bars nor gates, 12 To take a spoil, 
and to take a prey ; to turn thy hand upon the desolate places 
that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered 
out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that 
dwell in the midst of the land. 16 And thou shalt come up 
against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land ; it 
shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my 
land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sancti- 
fied in thee, O Gog, before their eyes. 21 And I will call for 
a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the 
Lord God : every man's sword shall be agamst his brother. 
22 And I will plead against him with pestilence and with 
blood ; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon 
the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and 
ereat hailstones, fire, and brimstone. 

Joel 3 : 1 For behold, in those days, and in that time, when 
I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, 2 1 
will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the 
valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my 
people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered 
among the nations, and parted my land. 12 Let the heathen 
be wLned, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat : for 
there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about. 17 So 
shall ye know that I am the Lord your God dwellmg m Zion 
xny holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there 
shall no strangers pass through her any more. 

Mic 4 • 11 Now also many nations are gathered agamst 
thee that' say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye look upon 
zfon 12 But they know not the thoughts of the Lord, nei- 
ther understand they his counsel : for he shall gather then, as 
he sheaves into the floor. 13 Arise and thresh, O daughter 
of Zion : for I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy 
hoofs brass : and thou shalt beat in pieces many people : and I 
;m consecrate their gain unto the Lord, and their substance 
unto the Lord of the whole earth. 

Zee 10 : 11 And he shall pass through the sea with afflic- 
tion, and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of 
the river shall dry up : and the pride of Assyria shall he 
brou<rht down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away. 
12° 2 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembhng 
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unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege 
both against Judah and against Jerusalem. 3 And in that 
day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people : 
all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though 
all the people of the earth be gathered together against it. 
6 In that day will I make the governors of Judah like a hearth 
of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and 
they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand 
and on the left : and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her 
own place, even in Jerusalem. 9 And it shall come to pass in 
that day, that 1 will seek to destroy all the nations that come 
against Jerusalem. 

13 : 8 And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith 
the Lord, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the 
third shall be left therein. 9 And I will bring the third part 
through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and 
will try them as gold is tried : they shall call on my name, and 
I will hear them : I will say. It is my people ; and they shall 
say, The Lord is my God. 

14 : 1 Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, and thy spoil 
shall be divided in the midst of thee. 2 For I will gather all 
nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be 
taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half 
of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the 
people shall not be cut ofl" from the city. 3 Then shall the 
Lord go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he 
fought in the day of battle. 12 And this shall be the plague 
wherewith the Lord will smite all the people that have fought 
against Jerusalem ; Their flesh shall consume away while 
they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away 
in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their 
mouth. 13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great 
tumult from the Lord shall be among them ; and they shall 
lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbor, and his hand 
shall rise up against the hand of his neighbor. 14 And Judah 
also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the heathen 
round about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, and 
apparel, in great abundance. 16 And it shall come to pass, 
tlwt every one that is left of all the nations which came 
against Jerusalem, shall even go up from year to year to wor- 
ship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the feast of 

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Conversion of. 



tabernacles. 20 In that day shall there be upon the bells of 
the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD ; and the pots 
in the Lord's house shall be like the bowls before the altar. 
Zee. 10 : 10—12. Jer. 30 : 7—11. [See 77.] 

350. Conversion of the Jews, 

Is. 27 : 7 Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote 
him ? or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are 
slain by him ? 9 By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob 
be purged ; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin ; when 
he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalk-stones that are 
beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up. 

Jer. 31 : 1 At the same time, saith the Lord, will I be the 
God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people. 
18 1 have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus ; 
Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock un- 
accustomed to the yoke : turn thou me, and I shall be turned ; 
i'oT thou art the Lord my God. 19 Surely after that I was 
turned, I repented ; and after that I was instructed, I smote 
upon my thigh : I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because 
I did bear the reproach of my youth. 20 Is Ephraim my dear 
son 1 is he 2. pleasant child ? for since I spake against him, I 
do earnestly remember him still : therefore my bowels are 
troubled for him ; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the 
Lord. 31 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will 
make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the 
house of Judah : 32 Not according to the covenant that I made 
with their fathers, in the day that I took them by the hand to 
bring them out of the land of Egypt ; which my covenant they 
brake, although I was a husband unto them, saith the Lord : 
33 But this shall he the covenant that I will make with the 
house of Israel ; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put 
my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts ; and 
will be their God, and they shall be my people. 34 And they 
shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man 
his brother, saying, Know the Lord : for they shall all know 
me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the 
Lord : for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember 

their sin no more. 

33 : 8 And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, where- 
by they have sinned against me ; and I will pardon all their 
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iniquities, whereby they have sinned, and whereby they have 
transgressed against me. 

Ez.36 : 21 But, I had pity for mine holy name, which the house 
of Israel had profaned among the heathen, whither they went. 
22 Therefore, say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the 
Lord God ; I do not iJm for your sakes, O house of Israel, but 
for mine holy name's sake, which ye have profaned among the 
heathen, whither ye went. 23 And I will sanctify my great 
name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have 
profaned in the midst of them ; and the heathen shall know 
that I am the Lord, saith the Lord God, when I shall be sanc- 
tified in you before their eyes. 24 For I will take you from 
among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and 
will bring you into your own land. 25 Then will I sprinkle 
clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your 
filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. 26 A 
new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will 1 put with- 
in you : and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, 
and I will give you an heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my 
Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and 
ye shall keep my judgments, and do them. 28 And ye shall 
dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers ; and ye shall be 
my people, and I will be your God. 31 Then shall ye remem- 
ber your own evil ways, and your doings that were not good, 
and shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for your iniqui- 
ties, and for your abominations. 32 Not for your sakes do I 
this, saith the Lord God, be it known unto you : be ashamed 
and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel. 

Mic. 4 : 2 And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and 
let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of 
the God of Jacob ; and he will teach us of his ways, and we 
will walk in his paths : for the law shall go forth of Zion. and 
the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. 6 In that day, saith 
the Lord, will I assemble her that halteth, and I will gather 
her that is driven out, and her that I have afflicted ; 7 And I 
will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast far 
off a strong nation : and the Lord shall reign over them in 
mount Zion from henceforth, even for ever. 

Zee. 12 : 10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and 
upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of 
supplications : and they shaU look upon me whom they have 

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pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his 
only 507Z, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in 
bitterness for his first-born. 11 In that day shall there be a 
great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrim- 
mon in the valley of Megiddon. 

Rom. 11 : 15 For if the casting away of them be the recon- 
ciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life 
from the dead ? 16 For if the first fruit be holy, the lump is 
also holy : and if the root be holy, so are the branches. 24 For 
if thou wert cut out of the olive-tree which is wild by nature, 
and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive-tree ; 
how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be 
graffed into their own olive-tree ? 25 For I would not, breth- 
ren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, (lest ye should 
be wise in your own conceits) that blindness in part is hap- 
pened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. 
26 And so all Israel shall be saved : as it is written, There 
shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away un- 
godliness from Jacob : 27 For this is my covenant unto them, 
when I shall take away their sins. 

2 Cor. 3:15 But even unto this day, when Moses is read, 
the vail is upon their heart. 16 Nevertheless, when it shall 
turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away. 

KNOWLEDGE. 

351. Time knowledge required and encouraged as an in- 
valuable treasure. 

Pr. 4 : 7 Wisdom is the principal thing ; therefore get wis- 
dom : and with all thy getting get understanding. 8 Exalt 
her, and she shall promote thee : she shall bring thee to honor, 
when thou dost embrace her. 9 She shall give to thine head 
an ornament of grace : a crown of glory shall she deliver to 
thee. 13 Take fast hold of instruction ; let her not go : keep 
her ; for she is thy life. 

8 : 10 Receive my instruction, and not silver : and knowl- 
edcre rather than choice gold. 

22 : 17 Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, 
and apply thine heart unto my knowledge. 

23 : 12 Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to 
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Required and encoiuaged. 



k 



the words of knowledge. 23 Buy the truth, and sell it not ; 
also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. 

2 Pet. 3 : 18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of 
our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now 
and for ever. Amen. 

Encouraged. 

2 Ch. 1:11 And God said to Solomon, Because this was in 
thine heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honor, 
nor the life of thine enemies, neither yet hast asked long hfe ; 
but hast asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself, that thou 
mayest judge my people, over whom I have made thee king. 

Job 28 : 12 But where shall wisdom be found ? and where is 
the place, of understanding ? 13 Man knoweth not the price 
thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living. 14 The 
depth saith, It is not in me : and the sea saith. It is not with 
me. 15 It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be 
weighed for the price thereof 18 No mention shall be 
made of coral, or of pearls : for the price of wisdom is 
above rubies. 19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, 
neither shall it be valued with pure gold. 28 And unto man 
he said. Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom ; and to 
depart from evil is understanding. 

Pr. 2 r 10 When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and 
knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul ; 11 Discretion shall pre- 
serve thee, understanding shall keep thee : 12 To deliver thee 
from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh 
froward things. 

3 : 13 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man 
that getteth understanding. 14 For the merchandise of it is 
better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof 
than fine gold. 15 She is more precious than rubies : and all 
the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. 
16 Length of days is in her right hand ; and in her left riches 
and honor. 17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all 
her paths are peace. 18 She is a tree of life to them that 
lay hold upon her : and happy is every one that retaineth her. 
35 The wise shall inherit glory : but shame shall be the pro- - 
motion of fools. 

4 : 5 Get wisdom, get understanding : forget it not ; neither 
decline from the words of my mouth. 6 Forsake her not, and 
she BhaU preserve thee : love her, and she shall keep thee. 

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The Foundation of Love. 



8 Exalt her, and she shall promote thee : she shall bring thee 
to honor, when thou dost embrace her. 9 She shall ^ve to 
thine head an ornament of grace : a crown of glory shall she 
deliver to thee. 

Pr. 16 : 22 Understanding is a well-spring of hfe unto him that 
hath it : but the instruction of fools is folly. 

Ec. 7 : 12 For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence : 
but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth hfe to 
them that have it. 

Dan. 12 : 3 And they that be wise, shall shine as the bright- 
ness of the firmament ; and they that turn many to righteous- 
ness, as the stars for ever and ever. 

352. TVwe knowledge the foundation of true love. 

Ph. 1 : 9 And this I pray, that your love may abound yet 
more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; 10 That 
ye may approve things that are excellent ; that ye may be 
sincere and v/ithout offence till the day of Christ. 

2 Pet. 1 : 2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through 
the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord. 3 According 
as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain 
unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that 
hath called us to glory and virtue. 

353. The certain knowledge of divine truth. 

Job 19 : 25 For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that 
he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth. 

Pr. 22 : 20 Have not I written to thee excellent things in 
counsels and knowledge, 21 That I might make thee know 
the certainty of the words of truth ; that thou mightest answer 
the words of truth to them that send unto thee ? 

Jn. 6 : 69 And we believe, and are sure that thou art that 
Christ, the Son of the living God. 

2 Tim. 1 : 12 For the which cause I also suffer these things : 
nevertheless I am not ashamed : for I know whom I have be- 
heved, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I 
have committed unto him against that day. 

Heb. 10 : 22 Let us draw near with a true heart, in full as- 
surance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil con- 
science, and our bodies washed with pure water. 

1 Jn. 2 : 20 But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and 
ye know all things. 21 I have not written unto you because 
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Attainment of Knowledge— To be imparted. 

ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie 
is of the truth. 

354. How can hiowledge and wisdom he attained 7 

Pr. 2 : 3 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up 
thy voice for understanding ; 4 If thou seekest her as silver, 
and searchest for her as for hid treasures ; 5 Then shalt thou 
understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God. 
6 For the Lord giveth wisdom : out of his mouth cometh knowl- 
edge and understanding. 7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the 
righteous : he is a. buckler to them that walk uprightly. 

18 : 1 Through desire, a man, having separated himself, 
seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom. 

Jam. 1 : 5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, 
that giveth to all men hberally, and upbraideth not ; and it 
shall be given him. 6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wa- 
vering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven 
with the wind and tossed. 



355. Knowledge should be imparted. 

Pr. 27 : 9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth 
the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel. 

Mat. 5 : 19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these 
least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be 
called the least in the kingdom of heaven : but whosoever 
shall do, and teach them, the same shall be called great in the 
kingdom of heaven. 

Rom. 14 : 19 Let us therefore follow after the things which 
make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another. 

15 : 2 Let every one of us please his neighbor for his good to 
edification. 

Col. 3 : 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all 
wisdom ; teaching and admonishing one another in psahns. 
and hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your 
hearts to the Lord. 

Heb. 3 : 13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called 
To-day ; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitful- 
ness of sin. 

10 : 24 And let us consider one another, to provoke unto 
love, and to good works : 25 Not forsaking the assembhng of 
ourselves together, as the manner of some is: but exhortino- 

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Self-knowledge— Future Knowledge.— Laying on of Hands in blessing. 



one another; and so much the more, as ye see the day ap- 
proaching. 

356. Knowledge of ourselves required. 

Ps. 4:4 Stand in awe, and sin not : commune with your 
own heart upon your bed, and be still. 

Lam. 3 : 40 Let us search and try our ways, and turn again 
to the Lord. 

3 Cor. 11 : 27 Wherefore, whosoever shall eat this bread, 
and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of 
the body and blood of the Lord. 28 But let a man examine 
himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that 
cup. 

2 Cor. 13 : 5 Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the 
faith ; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, 
how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates ? 

Gal. 6 : 4 But let every man prove his own work, and then 
shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another. 

357. Knowledge more perfect hereafter. 

Jn. 13 : 7 Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou 
knowest not now ; but thou shalt know hereafter. 

16:25 These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: 
but the time cometh when I shall no more speak unto you in 
proverbs, but I shall show you plainly of the Father. 

1 Cor. 13 : 9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. 
10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is 
in part shall be done away. 12 For now we see through a 
glass, darkly ; but then face to face : now I know in part ; but 
then shall I know even as also I am known. 

LAYING ON OF HANDS. 

358. Laying on of hands in communicating ordinary bless- 
ings. 

Gen. 48 : 14 And Israel stretched out his right hand, and 
laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left 
hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for 
Manasseh was the first-born. 15 And he blessed Joseph, and 
said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did 
walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day, 
16 The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the 
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In working Miracles— In giving Charges, &c. 



lads ; and let my name be named on them, and the name of 
my fathers Abraham and Isaac : and let them grow into a 
multitude in the midst of the earth. 

Mat. 19 : 13 Then were there brought unto him little chil- 
dren, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the 
disciples rebuked them. 14 But Jesus said, Suffer little chil- 
dren, and forbid them not, to come unto me : for of such is the 
kingdom of heaven. 15 And he laid Ms hands on them, and 
departed thence. 

Rev. 1 : 17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. 
And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear 
not ; I am the first and the last. 

359. Laying on of hands in working miracles. 

Mk. 6 : 5 He laid his hand upon a few sick folk, and healed 
them. 

16 : 18 They shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall re- 
cover. 

Lk. 4 : 40 Now, when the sun was setting, all they that had 
any sick with divers diseases, brought them unto him : and he 
laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them. 

Ac. S : 17 Then laid they their hands on them, and they re- 
ceived the Holy Ghost. 18 And when Simon saw that 
through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was 
given, he offered them money, 19 Saying, Give me also this 
power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the 
Holy Ghost. 

28 : 8 Paul entered in, and prayed, and laid his hands on 
him, and healed him. 

360. Laying on of hands in giving charges and designating 
to office. 



Num. 27 : 22 And Moses did as the Lord commanded him : 
and he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and 
before all the congregation : 23 And he laid his hands upon 
him, and gave him a charge, as the Lord commanded by the 
hand of Moses. 

Ac. 13 : 2 As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the 
Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul, for the 
work whereunto I have called them. 3 And when they had 
fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent 
them away. 

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Common and deceitful. 



1 Tim. 4 : 14 Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was 
given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of 
the presbytery. 

LEWDNESS. 

361. Leicdness a common, deceitful, and alluring vice. 

Jer. 9 : 2 Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging-place of 
way-faring men ; that I might leave my people, and go from 
them ! for they he all adulterers, an assembly j)f treacherous 
men. 

23 : 10 For the land is full of adulterers. 

Ezk. 22 : 9 In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood : 
and in thee they eat upon the mountains : in the midst of thee 
they commit lewdness. 11 And one hath committed abomi- 
nation with his neighbor's wife ; and another hath lewdly de- 
filed his daughter-in-law ; and another in thee hath humbled 
his sister, his father's daughter. 

Mat. 12 : 39 But he answered and said to them. An evil and 
adulterous generation. 

Jn. S : 7 So when they continued asking him, he lifted up 
himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, 
let him first cast a stone at her. 9 And they which heard it, 
being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, 
beginning at the eldest, even unto the last. 

Gal. 5 : 19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which 
are these, Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness. 

1 Pet. 4 : 3 For the time past of our life may suffice us to 
have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in la- 
sciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and 
abominable idolatries : 4 Wherein they think it strange that 
ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil 
of you. Gen. 19 : 5. Lev. IS : 22—25. 1 S. 2 : 22. Hos. 7 : 4. 

Deceitful and alluring. 

Pr. 5 : 3 For the lips of a strange woman drop as a honey- 
comb, and her mouth is smoother than oil. 

6 : 23 For the commandment is a lamp ; and the law is light ; 
and reproofs of instruction are the way of life : 24 To keep 
thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a 
strange woman. 25 Lust not after her beauty in thy heart ; 
neither let her take thee with her eyelids. Pr. 7 : 10 — 18. 
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Forbidden— Punishment of. 



362. Lewdness forbidden. 

Gen. 39 : 9 How then can I do this great wickedness, and 
sm against God ? 

Ex. 20 : 14 Thou shalt not commit adultery. 

Mat. 5 : 27 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old 
toe, Thou Shalt not commit adultery: 28 But I say unto you 
That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath 
committed adultery with her already in his heart. 

Ac. 15 : 20 But that we write unto them that they abstain 
from pollutions of idols, and /rom fornication, and/rom things 
strangled, and /rom blood. ^ '. 

Rom. 13 : 13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day: not in 
riotmg and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, 
not m strife and envying. 

Ep. 5 : 3 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetous- 
ness, \Qt it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; 
4 Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are 
not convenient : but rather giving of thanks. 

Col. 3 : 5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon 
the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil 
concupiscence, and covetousnes^, which is idolatry : 6 For 
which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children 
of disobedience. 

1 Tim. 1 : 10 For whoremongers, for them that defile them- 
selves with mankind, for men-stealers, for hars, for perjured 
persons, and if ther<j be any other thing that is contrary to 
sound doctrine. 

1 Pet. 2:11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you, as strangers and 
pilgrims, abstam from fleshly lusts, which war against the 
soul. 

^^^!\^Vk^~\ '^^^- 18:20-23, and 19:29. Pr. 31:3. 
Hab. 2 : 15. 1 Th. 4 : .3—5. 

363. Punishment of lewdness. 

Lev. 20 : 10 And the man that committeth adultery with 
another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his 
neighbor's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely 
be put to death. ^ 

Pr. 2 : 18 For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths 
unto the dead. 19 None that go unto lier return again, nei- 
ther take they hold of the paths of life. 

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363 LEWDNESS. 



Punishment of. 



Pr. 5 : 3 For the lips of a strange woman drop as a honey- 
comb, and her mouth is smoother than oil : 4 But her end is bitter 
as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. 8 Remove thy 
way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house : 
9 Lest thou give thine honor unto others, and thy years unto 
the cruel : 10 Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth ; and 
thy labors be in the house of a stranger ; 11 And thou mourn 
at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed, 
12 And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart 
despised reproof. 

7 : 22 He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the 
slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stoclcs ; 23 Till 
a dart strike through his liver ; as a bird hasteth to the snare, 
and knoweth not that it is for his life. 24 Hearken unto me 
now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my 
mouth. 25 Let not thy heart decline to her ways, go not 
astray in her paths. 26 For she hath cast down many 
wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her. 
27 Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers 
of death. 

Jer. 23 : 14 1 have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem 
an horrible thing : they commit adultery, and walk in Hes : 
they strengthen also the hands of evil-doers, that none doth 
return from his wickedness : they are all of them unto me as 
Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah. 15 There- 
fore thus saith the Lord of hosts coticerning the prophets; 
Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them 
drink the water of gall. 

Mai. 3 : 5 And I will come near to you to judgment : and I 
will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the 
adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that 
oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the father- 
less, and that turn aside the stranger /rom his right, and fear 
not me, saith the Lord of hosts. 

1 Cor. 5:11 But now I have written unto you not to keep 
company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, 
or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an 
extortioner : with such an one no not to eat. 

6 : 9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the 
kingdom of God ? Be not deceived ; neither fornicators, nor 
idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of them-. 
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Enjoined, exemplified, and rewarded. 



selves with mankind, 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunk- 
ards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom 
of God. 

10 : 8 Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them 
committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand. 
[See Numbers 25 : 1—9.] 

Gal. 5 : 19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which 
are these^ Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 
20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, 
strife, seditions, heresies, 21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, 
revellings, and such like : of the which I tell you before, as I 
have also told you in time past, that they which do such 
things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. 

Ep. 5 : 5 For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor un- 
clean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any 
inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. 6 Let no 
man deceive you with vain words : for because of these things 
Cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. 

Heb. 13 : 4 Marriage is honorable in all, and the bed un- 
defiled : but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. 

Jude 7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about 
them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, 
and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, 
suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. 

Rev. 21 : 8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abom- 
inable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and 
idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which 
burneth with fire and brimstone : which is the second death. 

22:15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whore- 
mongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth 
and maketh a lie. 

Pr. 6 : 26—34, and 9 : 16—18, and 29 : 3. Ec. 7 : 25, 26. 
Jer. 5 : 7—9. Hos. 4:11. Rom. 1 : 27. 

LIBERALITY. 

364. Liberality enjoined^ exemplijied, and rewarded. 

Ec. 11 : 1 Cast thy bread upon the waters : for thou shalt 
find it after many days. 2 Give a portion to seven, and also 
to eight ; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the 
earth. 

Mat. 10 : 8 Freely ye have received, freely give. 

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Enjoined, exemplified, and rewarded. 



Lk. 3 : 11 He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath 
two coats, let him impart to him that hath none ; and he that 
hath meat, let him do likewise. 

12 : 33 Sell that ye have, and give alms : provide yourselves 
bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth 
not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth. 
34 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be 
also. 

16 : 9 And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the 
mammon of unrighteousness ; that when ye fail, they may re- 
ceive you into everlasting habitations. 11 If therefore ye 
have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will 
commit to your trust the true riches ? 13 Ye cannot serve 
God and mammon. 14 And the Pharisees also, who were 
covetous, heard all these things, and they derided him. 

Ac. 20 : 35 I have shewed you all things, how that so labor- 
ing ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words 
of the Lord Jesus, how he said. It is more blessed to give than 
to receive. 

2 Cor. 8 : 7 Therefore, as ye abound in every things in faith, 
and utterance, and knowledge, and in all dihgence, and in your 
love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also. 

Gal. 6 : 9 And let us not be weary in well-doing : for in due 
season we shall reap if we faint not. 10 As we have there- 
fore opportunity, let us do good unto all mew, especially unto 
them who are of the household of faith. 

1 Tim. 6 : 17 Charge them that are rich in this world, that 
they be not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the 
living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy ; 18 That 
they do good, that they be rich iri good works, ready to dis- 
tribute, willing to communicate ; 19 Laying up in store for 
themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that 
they may lay hold on eternal life. 

Heb. 13 : 16 But to do good, and to communicate, forget 
not : for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. 

Examples. 

Job 29 : 12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the 
fatherless, and him that had none to help him. 13 The bless- 
ing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : and I 
caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. 

Ac. 2 : 44 And all that believed were together, and had 
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Enjoined, exemplified, and rewarded^ 



all things common ; 45 And sold their possessions and goods, 
and parted them to ail men, as every man had need. 

10 : 4 And he said unto him, [Cornelius] Thy prayers and 
thine alms are come up for a memorial before God. 

Rewards. 

Ps. 37 : 3 Trust in the Lord, and do good j so shalt thou 
dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. 25 I have been 
young, and now am old ; yet have I not seen the righteous for- 
saken, nor his seed begging bread. 26 He is ever merciful, 
and lendeth ; and his seed is blessed. 

112:5 A good man sheweth favor, and lendeth: he will 
guide his affairs with discretion. 6 Surely he shall not be 
moved for ever : the righteous shall be in everlasting remem- 
brance. 

Pr. 3:9 Honor the Lord with thy substance, and with the 
first-fruits of all thine increase : 10 So shall thy barns be filled 
with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine. 

11 : 24 There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth ; and 
there is that withhold eth more than is meet, but it tendeth to 
poverty. 25 The liberal soul shall be made fat : and he that 
watereth shall be watered also himself 

13 : 7 There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing : 
there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches. 

Is. 32 : 8 But the liberal deviseth liberal things ; and by lib- 
eral things shall he stand. 

Mai. 3:9 Ye are cursed with a curse : for ye have robbed 
me, even this whole nation. 10 Bring ye all the tithes into the 
storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove 
me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open 
you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that 
there shall not be room enough to receive it. 11 And I will re- 
buke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the 
fruits of your ground ; neither shall your vine cast her fruit 
before the time in the field, saith the Lord of hosts. 12 And 
all nations shall call you blessed. 

Lk. 6 : 38 Give, and it shall be given unto you ; good meas- 
ure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, 
shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure 
that ye mete withal, it shall be measured to you again. 

2 Cor. 9 : 6 But this / say, He which soweth sparingly, 
shall reap also sparingly ; and he which soweth bountifully, 

27* 317 



365 — 367 LOVE to god. 



Love to God — Why required — Spurious Love. 



shall reap also bountifully. 7 Every man according as he 
purposeth in his heart, so let him give ; not grudgingly, or of 
necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver. 8 And God is 
able to make all grace abound toward you ; that ye, always 
having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good 
work. [See 450 and 530.] 

LOVE TO GOD. 

365. Love to God required. 

Mat. 22 : 37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord 
thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all 
thy mind. 38 This is the first and great commandment. 

[See 266.] 

366. Why should we love God ? 

Ps. 95 : 3 The Lord is a great God, and a great King above 
all gods. 

99 : 9 Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at his holy hill ; 
for the Lord our God is holy. 

107 : 8 Oh that men would praise the Lord /or his goodness, 
Bind for his wonderful works to the children of men ! 

148 : 13 Let them praise the name of the Lord : for his name 
alone is excellent ; his glory is above the earth and heaven. 

367. Spurious love to God. 

Ps. 106 : 10 And he saved them from the hand of him that 
hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. 
11 And the waters covered their enemies : there was not one 
of them left. 12 Then believed they his words ; they sang 
his praise. 13 They soon forgat his works, they waited not 
for his counsel : 14 But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, 
and tempted God in the desert. 

Jer. 3 : 10 Her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto 
me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the Lord. 

Ezk. 33 : 31 And they come unto thee as the people cometh, 
and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, 
but they will not do them : for with their mouth they shew 
much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness. 

Jn. 6 : 26 Jesus answered them and said. Verily, verily, I say 
unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but 
because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled. 
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An essential Duty. 



LOVE TO MAN 
368. Love to man an essential duty. 

Lev. 19 : 34 But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall 
be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him 
as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt : I am 
the Lord your God. 

Rom. 13 : 8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another : 
for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. 9 For this, 
Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill. Thou 
shalt not steal. Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt 
not covet ; and if there he any other commandment, it is briefly 
comprehended in this saying, namely. Thou shalt love thy 
neighbor as thyself 10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbor: 
therefore love is the fulfilHng of the law. 

1 Cor. 13 : 1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and 
of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, 
or a tinkling cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift o/prophecy, 
and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge ; and though 
1 have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have 
not charity, I am nothing. 3 And though I bestow all my 
goods to feed the poor ^ and though I give my body to be burned, 
and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. 13 And now 
abideth faith, hope, charity, these three ; but the greatest of 
these is charity. 

16 : 14 Let all your things be done with charity. 

Gal. 5 : 13 For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty ; 
only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love 
serve one another. 14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, 
even in this. Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself 22 But 
the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentle- 
ness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance. 

Col. 3 : 14 And above all these things put on charity, which 
is the bond of perfectness. 

1 Th. 3 : 12 And the Lord make you to increase and abound 
in love one toward another, and toward all wen, even as we 
do toward you. 

Jam. 2:8 If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scrip- 
ture. Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well: 
9 But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are 
convinced of the law as transgressors. 

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369 



LOVE TO MAN. 



Disinterested Love and Self-denial. 



1 Pet. 4 : 8 And above all things have fervent charity among 
yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins. 

369. Love disinterested and self-denial required, exemplified, 
and rewarded. 

Mat. 5 : 43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt 
love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy : 44 But I say unto 
you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to 
them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use 
you, and persecute you ; 45 That ye may be the children of 
your Father which is in heaven : for he maketh his sun to rise 
on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and 
on the unjust. 46 For if ye love them which love you, what 
reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? 
47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than 
others ? do not even the publicans so ? 

6 : 33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righ- 
teousness, and all these things shall be added unto you. 

7 : 12 Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men 
should do to you, do ye even so to them : for this is the law 
and the prophets. 
M 16 : 24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will 
come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, 
and follow me. 25 For whosoever will save his life, shall lose 
it : and whosoever will lose his life for my sake, shall find it. 
26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, 
and lose his own soul ? or what shall a man give in exchange 
for his soul ? 

22 : 39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy 
neighbor as thyself 

Lk. 6 : 32 For if ye love them which love you, what thank 
have ye ? for sinners also love those that love them. 33 And 
if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have 
ye ? for sinners also do even the same. 34 And if ye lend to 
them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye ? for 
sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again. 35 But 
love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing 
again. '^ 

14 : 26 If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and 
mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, 
and his own life also, he cannot be be my disciple. 33 So 
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Disinterested Love and Self-deniaL 



likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that 
he hath, he cannot be my disciple. 

Rom. 15 : 1 We then that are strong ought to bear the in- 
firmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. 2 Let 
every one of us please hU neighbor for his good to edification. 
3 For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, 
1 he reproaches of them tliat reproached thee fell on me 

1. Cor 10 : 24 Let no man seek his own, but every man 
another's wealth. 33 Even as I please all men in all things, not 

retav^d"'""^ ''^'' ^'°^*' ^""^ *^^ ^""^^ °^'"^^^' *^^' ^^^y "^^y 
13:4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth 
not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 5 Doth not 
behave Itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily pro- 
voked thinketh no evil; 6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but re- 

W h V^w '"'"^ ' .' ^'"'^'^ "" ^^^"^^' ^^^i«--* ^^ things, 
hopeth all things, endureth all things. ^ ' 

2 Cor. 5: 15 And that he died for all, that they which live 
should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which 
died ior them, and rose again. 

1 Jn. 3 : 16 Hereby perceive we the love of God because hp 

Examples. 

Ex^ 32 .-31 And Moses returned unto the Lord, and said 
Oh thjs people have sinned a great sin, and have made them 

ff not bfn°t 'f ^'' T' "■ '"o" ""' '■-S'™ *-^ -n -Z 

wrUt en 33 I'ndr^i*''' ""'. °' *^ '"'°'' "'^''"^ t^ou hast 
written. 33 And the Lord said unto Moses, Whosoever hath 

sinned against me him will I blot out of my'book. 

,!,;»„ t ',1^ , ^"r'^ 'P^'''' ™'° *« Lord when he saw 

IndTf T ""°'V''' P'"?'"' ^"'' '^^^' Lo, I have sinned 
ZL^ ZTV'ff''- ""'^^^^ *^^P' -hat have they 
m;faL';':hou^sf'' ' '""' *^^' "^ ^^^'"^' -' ^' ^^--t 

JobtaVGoItnl^^r""^" *^ ^•'■'" ^"'^ -'"' ^o* 

13: 15 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I 

will mamtam mme own ways before him. m ■ nut i 

wh^er;l°.'r= ^"^ a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came 
where he was : and when he saw him, he had compassion m 

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Prevalence of. 



him, 34 And went to hiin, and bound up his wounds, pouring 
in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought 
him to an inn, and took care of him. 

Rom. 9:11 say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience 
also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, 2 That I have 
great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. 3 For I 
could wish that myself were accursed from Christ, for my 
brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh. 

2 Cor. 8 : 9 For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, 
that ye through his poverty might be rich. 

12 : 14 Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you ; 
and I will not be burdensome to you : for I seek not yours, but 
you. [See 271.] 

Rewarded. 

Mk. 10 : 28 Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have 
left all, and have followed thee. 29 And Jesus answered and 
said, Verily, I say unto you, There is no man that hath left 
house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or 
children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, 30 But he 
shall receive an hundred-fold now in this time, houses, and 
brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, 
with persecutions ; and in the world to come, eternal life. 

LYING. 

370. Lying prevalent. 

Is. 59 : 3 For your hands are defiled with blood, and your 
fingers with iniquity ; your lips have spoken hes, your tongue 
hath muttered perverseness. 4 None calleth for justice, nor 
any pleadeth for truth : they trust in vanity, and speak lies ; 
they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity. 13 In trans- 
gressing and lying against the Lord, and departing away from 
our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and utter- 
ing from the heart words of falsehood. 14 And judgment is 
turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth 
is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter. 

Jer. 9 : 2 Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging-place 
of way-faring men ; that I might leave my people, and go from 
them ! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous 
men. 3 And they bend their tongues like their bow/or lies : 
but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth ; for they 
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Forbidden. 



proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the Lord. 
4 Take ye heed every one of his neighbor, and trust ye not in 
any brother : for every brother will utterly supplant, and every 
neighbor will walk with slanders. 5 And they will deceive 
every one his neighbor, and will not speak the truth : they have 
taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to 
commit iniquity. 6 Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit ; 
through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the Lord. 8 Their 
tongue is as an arrow shot out ; it speaketh deceit : one speak- 
eth peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in heart he 
layeth his wait. 

Hos. 4: 1 Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel: 
for the Lord hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the 
land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of • 
God in the land. 2 Py swearing, and lying, and killing, and 
stealing, and comnntting adultery, they break out, and blood 
toucheth blood- 

Mic. 6 : 1- For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and 
the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is 
deceitful in their mouth. 

Jn. 8 ; 44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of 
your father ye will do : he was a murderer from the beginning, 
and abode not in the truth ; because there is no truth in him. 
When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own : for he is a 
liar, and the father of it. 

371. Lying forbidden — Punishment of, 

Ex. 20 : 16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy 
neighbor. 

Lev. 19: 11 Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither 
lie one to another. 12 And ye shall not swear by my name 
falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God : I am 
the Lord. 

Ps. 34 : 13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speak- 
ing guile. 

Pr. 4 : 24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and per- 
verse lips put far from thee. 

Ep. 4 : 25 Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man 
truth with his neighbor : for we are members one of another. 

Col. 3 : 9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off 
the old man with his deeds. 

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37i LYING. 

Punishment of. 



1 Pet. 3 : 10 For he that will love life, and see good days, let 
him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak 
no guile. 

Punishment of. 

Ps. 5 : 6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing : the 
Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man. 

55 : 23 But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit 
of destruction : bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half 
their days ; but I will trust in thee. 

59 : 12 For the sin of their mouth and the words of their 
lips let them even be taken in their pride : and for cursing and 
lying wkich they speak. 13 Consume them in wrath, consume 
them^ that they may not be : and let them know that God ruleth 
in Jacob unto the ends of the earili, 

63:11 But the king shall rejoice Itj. God; everyone that 
eweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that 
speak lies shall be stopped. 

Pr. 6 : 16 These six things doth the Lord hate ; yea, seven 
are an abomination unto him : 17 A proud look, a lying 
tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, 18 A heart that 
deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to 
mischief, 19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and him that 
soweth discord among brethren. 

10 : 18 He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that 
uttereth a slander, is a fool. 

12 : 19 The lip of truth shall be established for ever : but a 
lying tongue is but for a moment. 22 Lying lips are abomi- 
nation to the Lord : but they that deal truly are his delight. 

19 : 5 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that 
speaketh lies shall not escape. 9 A false witness shall not be 
unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish. 

Is. 28 : 15 Because ye have said. We have made a covenant 
with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the 
overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto 
us : for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood 
have we hid ourselves : 16 Therefore thus saith ihe Lord 
God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried 
stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation : he that be- 
heveth shall not make haste. 17 Judgment also will I lay to 
the line, and righteousness to the plummet : and the hail shall 
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MAN. 372 

His Origin, Powers, and Dignity. 



sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow 
the hiding-place. 

^ Ac. 5 : 3 But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled 
thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of 
the price of the land ? 4 While it remained, was it not thine 
own ? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power ? 
why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart ? thou hast 
not hed unto men, but unto God. 5 And Ananias hearing these 
words, fell down, and gave up the ghost. And great fear 
came on all them that heard these things. 

Rev. 21:8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abom- 
inable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and 
idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which 
burneth with fire and brimstone : which is the second death. 

22 : 15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whore- 
mongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth 
and maketh a lie. 

Ps. 62 : 3, 4. . Pr. 21 : 6. Zee. 8 : 16, 17. 

MAN. 
372. MarCs origin^ powers, and dignity. 

1. Man's common origin and formation in the divine image. 

Gen. 1 : 27 So God created man in his own image, in the 
image of God created he him ; male and female created he 
them. 28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them. 
Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue 
It : and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the 
fowl of the air, and over every hving thing that moveth upon 
the earth. 

Mai. 2 : 10 Have we not all one father ? hath not one God 
created us 1 why do we deal treacherously every man against 
his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers ? 

Ac. 17 : 26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men 
for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined 
the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation. 
28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being ; as cer- 
tain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his off- 
spring. 29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, 
we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or 
silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device. 

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372 MAN. 

His Origin, Powers, and Dignity. 

2. Man's power of intuition, or common sense perception of self-evident truths. 

Job 32 : 8 But there is a spirit in man : and the inspiration 
of the Almighty giveth them understanding. 

Is. 43 : 8 Bring forth the bhnd people that have eyes, and 
the deaf that have ears. 

Ezk. 12 : 2 Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a re- 
bellious house, which have eyes to see, and see not ; they have 
ears to hear, and hear not : for they are a rebellious house. 

Lk. 12 : 57 Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not 
what is right ? 

Rom. 1 : 19 Because that which may be known of God, is 
manifest in them ; for God hath shewed it unto them. 

2 : 14 For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by 
nature the things contained in the law, these having not the 
law, are a law unto themselves. 15 Which shew the work of 
the law written in their hearts, their conscience also beariiig 
witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing, or else 
excusing one another. 

3. Man's power of reason, or capoj^ity for endless progress. 

Pr. 18 : 1 Through desire, a man, having separated himself, 
eeeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom. 

Rom. 1 : 20 For the invisible things of him from the creation 
of the world are clearly seen, being understood by tlie things 
that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead ; so that 
they are without excuse. 

Heb. 5 : 12 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, 
ye have need that one teach you again which he the first prin- 
ciples of the oracles of God ; and are become such as have 
need of milk, and not of strong meat. 13 For every one that 
useth milk, is unskilful in the Avord of righteousness : for he is 
a babe. 14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full 
age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exer- 
cised to discern both good and evil. 

6 : 1 Therefore leaving the principles o^ the doctrine of 
Christ, let us go on unto perfection. 

4. Man's immortality. 

Ec. 3 : 21 Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth up- 
ward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the 
earth 1 

12 : 7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was : and 
the spirit shall return unto God who gave it 
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Instituted and recommended. 



Mat. 10 : 28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are 
not able to kill the soul : but rather fear him which is able to 
destroy both soul and body in hell. 

22 : 30 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are 
given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven. 

Lk. 20 : 37 Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed 
at the bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, 
and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. 38 For he is not 
a God of the dead, but of the living. 

Jn. 10 : 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and 
they follow me : 28 And I give unto them eternal life ; and 
they shall never perish, neither shall any pluck them out of 
my hand. 

Rom. 2 : 6 Who will render to every man according to his 
deeds : 7 To them who by patient continuance in well-doing, 
seek for glory, and honor, and immortality ; eternal life. 

1 Cor. 15 : 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, 
and this mortal must put on immortality. 

2 Tim. 1 : 10 But is now made manifest by the appearing of 
our Savior Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath 
brought hfe and immortality to light through the gospel. 

[For a view of the future glory and dignity of the saints, see 
Heaven.] 

MARRIAGE. 

373. Marriage instituted ami recommended. 

Gen. 2:18 And the Lord God said. It is not good that the 
man should be alone : I will make him an help meet for him. 
21 And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, 
and he slept ; and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the 
flesh instead thereof: 22 And the rib, which the Lord God 
had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto 
the man. 

Pr. 18 : 22 Whoso findeth a wife, findeth a good thing, and 
obtaineth favor of the Lord. 

Ep. 5 : 31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and 
mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall 
be one flesh. 

1 Tim. 4 : 1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the 
latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to 
seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils ; 2 Speaking lies in 

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374, 375 MARRIAGE. 



Requisites for — Mutual Duties. 



hypocrisy, having their conscience seared with a hot iron ; 
3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from 
meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiv- 
mg of them which beheve and know the truth. 

1 Tim. 3 : 2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband 
of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospi- 
tality, apt to teach. 

5 : 14 I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear 
children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary 
to speak reproachfully. 15 For some are already turned aside 
after Satan. 

Heb. 13 : 4 Marriage is honorable in" all, and the bed unde- 
filed : but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. Ps. 
68 : 6 ; and 107 : 41, 42. 1 Cor. 7 : 2. 

374. Requisites for a happy marriage. 

Gen. 6 : 2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men 
that they were fair ; and they took them wives of all which 
they chose. 3 And the Lord said, My Spirit shall not always 
strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be 
an hundred and twenty years. 

Dt. 7 : 3 Neither shalt thou make marriages with them : thy 
daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter 
shalt thou take unto thy son. 4 For they v/ill turn away thy 
son from following me, that they may serve other gods : so will 
the anger of the Lord be kindled against you, and destroy 
thee suddenly. 

Am. 3 : 3 Can two walk together, except they be agreed ? 

1 Cor. 7 : 39 The wife is bound by the law as long as her 
husband liveth ; but if her husband be dead, she is at hberty 
to be married to whom she will ; only in the Lord. 

2 Cor. 6 : 14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with un- 
believers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with un- 
righteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? 

375. Mutual duties of husbands and wives. 

Ep. 5:21 Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear 
of God. 22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own hus- 
bands, as unto the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of 
the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church : and he is 
the Savior of the body. 24 Therefore as the church is sub- 
ject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in 
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Polygamy— Divorce. 



every thing. 25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ 
also loved the church, and gave himself for it ; 28 So ought 
men to love their vi^ives, as their own bodies. He that loveth 
his wife loveth himself. 33 Nevertheless, let every one of you 
in particular so love his wife even as himself: and the wife see 
that she reverence her husband. 

Tit. 2 : 4 That they may teach the young women to be so- 
ber, to love their husbands, to love their children, 5 To Ife dis- 
creet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own 
husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed. 

[See Females, 192.] 

376. Polygamy, 

Dt. 17 : 15 Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee 
whom the Lord thy God shall choose : one from among thy 
brethren shalt thou set king over thee : thou mayest not set a 
stranger over thee, which is not thy brother. 17 Neither shall 
he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: 
neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold. 

1 K. 11 : 1 But king Solomon loved many strange women. 
3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three 
hundred concubines : and his wives turned away his heart. 

Mai. 2: 15 And did not he make one? Yet had he the 
residue of the Spirit. And wherefore one ? That he might 
seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let 
none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth. 

Mat. 19:9 And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away 
his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, 
committeth adultery : and whoso marrieth her which is put 
away, doth commit adultery. 

Mk. 10:11 And he saith unto them. Whosoever shall put 
away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against 
her. 12 And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be 
married to another, she committeth adultery. 

1 Tim. 3 : 2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband 
of one wife. 12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one 
wife, ruling their children and their own houses well. 
377. Divorce. 

Mai. 2 : 15 And did not he make one ? Yet had he the 
residue of the Spirit. And wherefore one ? That he might 
seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let 

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378 MEANS OF GRACE. 



Appointed. 



none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth. 16 For 
the Lord, the God of Israel, saith, that he hateth putting 
away : for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the 
Lord of hosts : therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal 
not treacherously. 

Mat. 19 : 4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye 
not read, that he which made them at the beginning, made 
them male and female, 5 And said, For this cause shall a man 
leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife : and 
they twain shall be one flesh ? 6 Wherefore they are no more 
twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined to- 
gether, let not man put asunder. 8 He saith unto them, 
Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, suffered you to 
put away your wives : but from the beginning it was not so. 
9 And I say unto you. Whosoever shall put away his wife, ex- 
cept it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth 
adultery : and whoso marrieth her which is put away, doth 
commit adultery. Mk. 10 : 2—12. 

Lk. 16 : 18 Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth 
another, committeth adultery ; and whosoever marrieth her 
that is put away from her husband, committeth adultery. 

Rom. 7 : 2 For the woman which hath an husband, is 
bound by the law to her husband so long as he hveth ; but if 
the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her hus- 
band. 3 So then, if while her husband liveth, she be married 
to another man, she shall be called an adulteress : but if her 
husband be dead, she is free from that law ; so that she is no 
adulteress, though she be married to another man. 

1 Cor. 7 : 10 And unto the married I command, yet not I, 
but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: 
11 But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be rec- 
onciled to her husband : and let not the husband put away his 
wife. 

MEANS OF GRACE. 
378. Means of grace appointed. 

Pr. 6 : 23 For the commandment is a lamp ; and the law is 
light ; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life. 

Ec. 11 : 6 In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening 
withhold not thine hand : for thou knowest not whether shall 
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MEANS OP GRACE. 379, 380 



Necessary — Required. 



prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be ahke 
good. 

Mat. 20 : 1 For the kingdom of heaven is hke unto a man 
that is an householder, which went out early in the morning 
to hire laborers into his vineyard. 

Mk. 4 : 14 The sower soweth the word. 

Lk. 10 : 2 Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is 
great, but the laborers are few ; pray ye therefore the Lord 
of the harvest, that he would send forth laborers into his 
harvest. 

Jn. 4 : 35 Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then 
Cometh harvest ? behold, 1 say unto you, Lift up your eyes, 
and look on the fields ; for they are white already to harvest. 
36 And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit 
unto life eternal : that both he that soweth, and he that reap- 
eth, may rejoice together. ' 

1 Cor. 3 : 8 Now he that planteth and he that watereth are 
one : and every man shall receive his own reward, according 
to his own labor. 9 For we are laborers together with God. 

[See Bible, 39.] 

379. Means of grace necessary. 

Ezk. 33 : 8 When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man^ 
thou Shalt surely die ; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked 
from his way, that wicked Tnan shall die in his iniquity ; but 
his blood will I require at thy hand. 

36 : 37 Thus saith the Lord God ; I will yet far this be in- 
quired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them ; I will in- 
crease them with men hke a flock. 

Rom. 10 : 14 How then shall they call on him in whom they 
have not believed ? and how shall they beheve in him of whom 
they have not heard ? and how shall they hear without a 
preacher? 15 And how shall they preach, except they be 
sent ? 17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the 
word of God. 

1 Cor. 1:21 For after that in the wisdom of God the world 
by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of 
preaching to save them that believe. 

380. Use of means required and encouraged. 
Ps. 126 : 5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. 6 He 
that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall 

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381, 382 MEANS OF GRACE. 



Superiority of the True— Effectually used. 



doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves 
with him. 

Pr. 11 : 18 The wicked worketh a deceitful work : but to him 
that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward. 30 The 
fruit of the righteous is a tree of life ; and he that winneth 
souls is wise. 

Dan. 12 : 3 And they that be wise, shall shine as the bright- 
ness of the firmament ; and they that turn many to righteous- 
ness, as the stars for ever and ever. 

381. True means of grace superior to all other means. 

Jer. 23 : 28 The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell 
a dream ; and he that hath my word, let him speak ray word 
faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat ? saith the Lord. 
29 Is not my word like as a fire ? saith the Lord ; and like a 
hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces ? 

Lk. 16 : 31 And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses 
and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one 
rose from the dead. 

2 Cor. 10 : 4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, 
but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds.) 

Heb. 4 : 12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and 
sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the divi- 
ding asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, 
and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. 

382. Effectual use of means. 

Is. 66 : 8 Who hath heard such a thing ? who hath seen such 
things 1 shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day ? or 
shall a nation be born at once ? for as soon as Zion travailed, 
she brought forth her children. 

Mk. 1 : 17 And Jesus" said unto them. Come ye after me, and 
I will make you to become fishers of men. 

Lk. 1 : 16 And many of the children of Israel shall he [John] 
turn to the Lord their God. 

Jn. 17 : 20 Neither pray I for these alone ; but for them also 
which shall believe on me through their word. 

Ac. 14 : 1 And it came to pass in Iconium, that they went 
both together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, 
that a great multitude, both of the Jews, and also of the Greeks, 
believed. 

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MEANS OF GRACE. 383, 384 



Success from Gk>d— Different Effects. 



Gal. 4:19 My little children, of whom I travail in birth 
again, until Christ be formed in you. 

1 Cor. 4 : 15 For though ye have ten thousand instructors m 
Christ, yet have ye not many fathers : for in Christ Jesus I 
have begotten you through the gospel. 

Philemon 10 I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom 
I have begotten in my bonds. 

Jam. 5 : 20 Let him know, that he which converteth the sin- 
ner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and 
shall hide a multitude of sins. 

383. Dependence in using' means effectually. 

Ps. 51 : 12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation ; and 
uphold me with thy free Spirit. 13 Then will I teach trans- 
gressors thy ways ; and sinners shall be converted unto thee. 

Zee. 4 : 6 Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, 
This is the word of the Lord unto Zerubbabel, saying. Not by 
might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith the Lord of hosts. 

Mat. 15 : 13 But he answered and said, Every plant, which 
my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up. 

Jn. 15 : 5 I am the vine, ye are the branches : He that abi- 
deth in me, and I m him, the same bringeth forth much fruit : 
for without me ye can do nothing. 

1 Cor. 3:61 have planted, Apollos watered : but God gave 
the increase. 7 So then, neither is he that planteth any thino- 
neither he that watereth : but God that giveth the increase. 
9 For we are laborers together with God : ye are God's hus- 
bandry, ye are God's building. 

2 Tim. 2 : 25 In meekness instructing those that oppose 
themselves ; if God peradventure will give them repentance to 
the acknowledging of the truth. 

384. The means of grace have very different effects. 

Is. 28 : 13 But the word of the Lord was unto them, pre- 
cept upon precept, precept upon precept: line upon line, line 
upon line ; here a little, and there a little ; that they might go 
and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken. ' 

Mk. 4 : 3 Hearken ; Behold, there went out a sower to sow. 
4 And it came to pass as he sowed, some feil by the way-side 
and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up. 5 And 
some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and 
immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth : 

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385, 386 MEANS OF GRACE MEEKNESS. 



Incorrigible Persons— Meekness, required, and exemplified. 



6 But when the sun was up, it was scorched ; and because it 
had no root, it withered away. 7 And some fell among thorns, 
and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. 
8 And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that 
sprang up, and increased, and brought forth, some thirty, and 
some sixty, and some an hundred. 

2 Cor. 2 : 15 For we are unto God a sweet savor of Christ, 
in them that are saved, and in them that perish : 16 To the 
one we are the savor of death unto death ; and to the other the 
savor of life unto Hfe. And who is sufficient for these things ? 

Heb. 4 : 2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as 
unto them : but the word preached did not profit them, not 
being mixed with faith in them that heard it. Mic. 2 : 7. 

385. Are there any whom we cannot eoopect to benefit by the 
use of means? 

Pr. 9 : 7 He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself 
shame : and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a 

blot. 

13:1 A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a 

scorner heareth not rebuke. 

14 : 7 Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou 
perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge. 

23 : 9 Speak not in the ears of a fool : for he will despise the 
wisdom of thy words. 

Mat. 7 : 6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither 
cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under 
their feet, and turn again and rend you. 

IJn. 5 : 16 If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not 
unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them 
that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death : I do not 
say that he shall pray for it. 

MEEKNESS. 

386. Meekness required, encouraged, and exemplified. 

Zep. 2 : 3 Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth, 
which have wrought his judgment : seek righteousness, seek 
meekness : it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the Lord's 

anger. 

Mat. 10 : 16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst 
of wolves : be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as 

doves. 

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MEEKNESS. 386 

Required, encouraged, and exemplified. 



Gal. 6 : 1 Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye 
which are spiritual, restore such a one in the spirit of meek- 
ness ; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. 

Ep. 4:11 therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you 
that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, 
2 With all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, for- 
bearing one another in love ; 3 Endeavoring to keep the unity 
of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 

Col. 3 : 12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and 
beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, 
meekness, long-suffering ; 13 Forbearing one another, and for- 
giving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any : 
even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. 

1 Tim. 6:11 But thou, O man of God, flee these things ; 
and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, 
meekness. 

2 Tim. 2 : 25 In meekness instructing those that oppose 
themselves ; if God peradventure will give them repentance to 
the acknowledging of the truth. 

1 Pet. 3 : 3 Whose adorning let it not be that outward 
adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of 
putting on of apparel ; 4 But let it he the hidden man of the 
heart in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a 
meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price. 

Encouraged. 

Ps. 25 : 9 The meek will he guide in judgment : and the 
meek will he teach his way. 

37 : 11 But the meek shall inherit the earth, and shall de- 
light themselves in the abundance of peace. 

76 : 8 Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven ; 
the earth feared, and was still, 9 When God arose to judg- 
ment, to save all the meek of the earth. 

147 : 6 The Lord lifted up the meek : he casteth the wicked 
down to the ground. 

149 : 4 For the Lord taketh pleasure in his people : he will 
beautify the meek with salvation. 

Ec. 7 : 8 Better is the end of a thing than the beginning 
thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in 
spirit. 

Mat. 5 : 5 Blessed are the meek : for they shall inherit the 
earth. 

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387 MILLENNIUM. 



Upon this Earth. 



Examples of. 

Ac. 7 : 59 And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and 
saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. 

1 Cor. 4 : 12 And labor, working with our own hands. 
Being reviled, we bless ; being persecuted, we suffer it. 

Heb. 10 : 34 For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and 
took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in your- 
selves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring sub- 
stance. 35 Cast not away therefore your confidence which 
hath great recompense of reward. 

Jam. 5 : 6 Ye have condemned and killed the just ; and he 
doth not resist you. [See 196, 428, 429, and 599.] 

MILLENNIUM. 

387. Will there be a millennium of holiness and happiness 
upon this earth ? 

Gen. 22 : 18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the 
earth be blessed ; because thou hast obeyed my voice. 

Ps. 22 : 27 All the ends of the world shall remember and 
turn unto the Lord : and all the kindreds of the nations shall 
worship before thee. 

37 : 11 But the meek shall inherit the earth, and shall de- 
light themselves in the abundance of peace. 

72 : 6 He shall come down like rain upon the mown 
grass : as showers that water the earth. 7 In his days shall 
the righteous flourish: 11 Yea, all kings shall fall down before 
him: all nations shall serve him. 17 His name shall endure 
for ever : his name shall be continued as long as the sun : and 
men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed. 

86:9 All nations whom thou hast made shall come and 
worship before thee, O Lord ; and shall glorify thy name. 

Is. 2:2 And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the 
mountain of the Lord's house shall be established in the top 
of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills ; and all 
nations shall flow unto it. 4 And he shall judge among the 
nations, and shall rebuke many people : and they shall beat 
their swords into plough-shares, and their spears into pruning- 
hooks : nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither 
shall they learn war any more. 17 And the loftiness of man 
shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be 
made low : and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day. 
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MILLENNIUM. 387 



Upon this Earth. 



20 In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his 
idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, 
to the moles and to the bats. 

25:6 And in this mountain shall the Lord of hosts make 
unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the 
lees ; of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well 
refined. 7 And he will destroy in this mountain the face of 
the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread 
over all nations. 8 He will swallow up death in victory; and 
the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces ; and the 
rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: 
for the Lord hath spoken it. 

32 : 13 Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns 
and briers ; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city : 
15 Until the Spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the 
wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted 
for a forest 16 Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, 
and righteousness remain in the fruitful field. 17 And the 
work of righteousness shall be peace ; and the effect of right- 
eousness, quietness and assurance for ever. 18 And my peo- 
ple shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwell- 
ings, and in quiet resting-places. 

45 : 22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the 
earth : for I am God, and there is none else. 23 I have sworn 
by myself the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, 
and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow' 
every tongue shall swear. ' 

49 : 6 And he said. It is a light thing that thou shouldest be 
my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the 
preserved of Israel : I will also give thee for a light to the 
Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of 
the earth. 

59 : 19 So shall they fear the name of the Lord from the 
west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the en- 
emy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift 
up a standard against him. 20 And the Redeemer shall 
come to Zion, and unto them that turn from trangression in 
Jacob, saith the Lord. 

60 : 18 Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting 
nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy 
walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise. 21 Thy people also 

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Upon this Earth. 



shall he all righteous: they shall inherit the land for ever, the 
branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that 1 may be 
glorified. [See the whole chap.] 

Is. 66 : 23 And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon 
to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh 
come to worship before me, saith the Lord. 

Dan. 7 : 27 And the kingdom and dominion, and the great- 
ness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to 
the people of the saints of the Most High, whose kingdom is 
an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and 
obey him. 

Mic. 4 : 1 But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the 
mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established in the 
top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills ; 
and people shall flow unto it. 2 And many nations shall come, 
and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, 
and to the house of the God of Jacob ; and he will teach us of 
his ways, and we will walk in his paths : for the law shaU go 
forth of Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. 

Hab. 2 : 14 For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge 
of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea, 

Mai. 1:11 For, from the rising of the sun even unto the go- 
ing down of the same, my name shall he great among the 
Gentiles ; and in every place incense shall he oflered unto my 
name, and a pure offering : for my name shall he great among 
the heathen, saith the Lord of hosts. 

Jn. 12 : 31 Now is the judgment of this world : now shall the 
prince of this world be cast out. 32 And I, if I be lifted up 
from the earth, will draw all men unto me. 

Rom. 11 : 25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be 
ignorant of this mystery, (lest ye should be wise in your own 
conceits) that blindness in part is happened to Israel, untfl the 
fulness of the Gentiles be come in. 26 And so all Israel shall 
be saved : as it is written, There shall come out of Zion the 
Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob : 27 For 
this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their 
sins. 

Rev. 11 : 15 And the seventh angel sounded ; and there 
were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this 
world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; 
and he shah reign for ever and ever. 
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MILLENNIUM. 388 



A Time of general Holiness. 



^ 20 : 2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, 
which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand 
years, 3 And cast him into the bottomless pit and shut him 
up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations 
no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled j and after 
that he must be loosed a little season. 

Num. 14:21. Ps. 67:4-^7, and 82 : 8. Is. 49:8,9, and 
65 : 17—23. Ac. 3 : 20—25. Rev. 15 : 4. 
[See Kingdom of Christ, 81.] 

388. A time of general holiness. 

Is. 60 : 21 Thy people also shall be all righteous : they shall 
inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work 
of my hands, that I may be glorified. 

Jer. 31 : 33 But this shall he the covenant that I will make 
with the house of Israel ; After those days, saith the Lord. I 
will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their 
hearts ; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. 
34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and 
every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord : for they shall 
all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, 
saith the Lord : for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will re- 
member their sin no more. 

Ezk. 36 : 25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and 
ye shall be clean : from all your filthiness, and from all your 
Idols, wdl I cleanse you. 26 A new heart also will I give you 
and a new spirit will I put within you : and I will take away 
the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart 
of flesh. 27 And I will put my Spirit Avithin you, and cause 
you to walk m my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments 
and do them.. 28 And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave 
to your fathers ; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your 
God. 29 I will also save you from all your uncleannesses : 
and I will call for the corn, and will increase it, and lay no 
famine upon you. 

37:23 Neither shall they defile themselves anymore with 
their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of 
their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their 
dwelhng-places, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse 
them : so shall they be my people, and I will be their God. 
<J4 And David my servant shaU be king over them ; and they 

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389 MILLENNIUM. 



A Time of Peace and Unity. 



all shall have one shepherd : they shall also walk in my judg- 
ments, and observe my statutes, and do them. 

Zep. 3 : 13 The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor 
speak lies, neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their 
mouth : for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make 

them afraid. 

Zee 14 : 20 In that day shall there be upon the bells ot the 
horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD ; and the pots in 
the Lord's house shall be hke the bowls before the altar. 

Rom. 11 : 25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be 
ignorant of this mystery, (lest ye should be wise in your own 
cl)nceits) that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the 
fulness of the Gentiles be come in. 26 And so all Israel shall 
be saved : as it is written, [Dt. 18 : 15,] There shall come out 
of Zion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from 
Jacob : 27 For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall 
take away their sins. 

389. A time of peace and unity. 

Ps. 29 : 11 The Lord will give strength unto his people ; the 
Lord will bless his people with peace. 

37: 11 But the meek shall inherit the earth, and shall de- 
light themselves in the abundance of peace. 

72 : 3 The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and 
the little hills, by righteousness. 7 In his days shall the righ- 
teous flourish: and abundance of peace so long as the moon 

endureth. . 

Is. 52 : 8 Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice : with the 
voice together shall they sing : for they shall see eye to eye, 
when the Lord shall bring again Zion. 

60 : 17 For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring 
silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron : I will also 
make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness. 
18 Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor 
destruction within thy borders ; but thou shalt call thy walls 
Salvation, and thy gates Praise. 

66 : 12 For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will extend peace 

to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing 

stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, 

and be dandled upon Jier knees. 

Mic. 4 : 3 And he shall judge among many people, and re- 

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Prevalence of Knowledge— Prosperity. 



buke Strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords 
into plough-shares, and their spears into pruning-hooks : nation 
shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they 
learn war any more. 4 But they shall sit every man under 
bis vine and under his fig-tree; and none shall make them 
afraid : for the mouth of the Lord of hosts hath spoken it. 
Is. 2 : 4. Ps. 72 : 4—6. Is. 2 : 4, and 11 : 6—9. 

390. Prevalence of knowledge. 

Is. 11:9 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy 
mountain : for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the 
Lord, as the waters cover the sea. Hab. 2 : 14. 

29: 18 And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the 
book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and 
out of darkness. 24 They also that erred in spirit shall come 
to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine. 

33 : 6 And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of 
thy times, and strength of salvation : the fear of the Lord is 
his treasure. 

Jer. 3 : 15 And I will give you pastors according to mine 
heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding. 

Heb. 8:11 And they shall not teach every man his neighbor, 
and every man his brother, saying. Know the Lord : for all 
shall know me, from the least to the greatest. 

391. A time of temporal prosperity. 

Ps. 72:7 In his day shall the righteous flourish: and 
abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth. 16 There 
shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the 
mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and 
they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth. 

Is. 60: 5 Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine 
heart shall fear, and be enlarged ; because the abundance of 
the sea shaU be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gen- 
tiles shall come unto thee. 6 The multitude of camels shall 
cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah ; all they 
from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense ; 
and they shall shew forth the praises of the Lord. 7 All the 
flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams 
of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee : they shall come up with 
acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my 
glory. 13 The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the 

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392 MILLENNIUM. 



Joy of. 



fir-tree, the pine-tree, and the box together, to beautify the place 
of my sanctuary ; and I will make the place of my feet glorious. 

Joel 2 : 21 Fear not, O land 5 be glad and rejoice : for the 
Lord will do great things. 22 Be not afraid, ye beasts of the 
field : for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree 
beareth her fruit, the fig-tree and the vine do yield their 
strength. 23 Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice 
in the Lord your God : for he hath given you the fonner rain 
moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, 
the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month. 24 And 
the floors shall be full of wheat, and the fats shall overflow 
with wine and oil. 25 And I will restore to you the years that 
the locust hath eaten, the canker-worm, and the caterpillar, 
and the palmer-worm, my great army which I sent among you. 
26 And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the 
name of the Lord your God, that hath dealt wondrously with 
you : and my people shall never be ashamed. 

3 : 18 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mount- 
ains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with 
milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a 
fountain shall come forth of the house of the Lord, and shall 
water the valley of Shittim. Is. 25 : 6 ; and 35th entire, and 
41 : 18. 

392. A time of great enjoyment. 

Is. 25 : 8 He will swallow up death in victory ; and the Lord 
God will wipe away tears from off" all faces ; and the rebuke 
of his people shall he take away from off" all the earth : for the 
Lord hath spoken it. 

35 : 10 And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come 
to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads : they 
shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee 
away. 

52 : 9 Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of 
Jerusalem : for the Lord hath comforted his people, he hath 
redeemed Jerusalem. 

65 : 18 But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I 
create : for behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her peo- 
ple a joy. 19 And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my 
people : and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in 
her, nor the voice of crying. 
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MILLENNIUM. 393 



Contrasted with other Tunes. 



Zep. 3 : 14 Sing, O daughter of Zion ; shout, O Israel ; be 
glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem. 
15 The Lord hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast 
out thme enemy: the King of Israel, even the Lord, is in the 
midst of thee : thou shalt not see evil any more. 16 In that 
day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not : and to Zion 
Let not thy hands be slack. 17 The Lord thy God in the 
midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee 
With joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with 
singing. 

393. Contrasted with previous times. 

Is. 11:6 The wolf also shall dwell with the Iamb, and the 
leopard shall lie down with the kid ; and the calf and the young 
lion and the fathng together : and a little child shall lead them. 

7 And the cow and the bear shall feed ; their young ones shall 
lie down together : and the Hon shall eat straw like the ox. 

8 And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and 
the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice's den. 

40 : 4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and 
hill shall be made low : and the crooked shall be made straio-ht. 
and the rough places plain : 5 And the glory of the Lord shall 
be revealed, and aU flesh shall see it together: for the mouth 
of the Lord hath spoken it, 

41 : 18 I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the 
midst of the valleys : I will make the wilderness a pool of water, 
and the dry land springs of water. 19 I will plant in the wil- 
derness the cedar, the shittah-tree, and the myrtle, and the oil- 
tree ; I will set in the desert the fir-tree, and the pine, and the 
box-tree together: 20 That they may see, and know, and con- 
eider, and understand together, that the hand of the Lord hath 
done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it. 

55 : 13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree, and 
instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle-tree : and it shall 
be to the Lord for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall 
not be cut off. 

65 : 25 The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the 
lion shall eat straw like the bullock : and dust shall be the ser- 
pent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy 
mountain, saith the Lord. Is. 35 : 6, 7. Ezk. 47 • 8 9 Ac 
3:21, • 5 • • 

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394 MINISTRY. 



Divinely appointed. 



MINISTRY. 
394. Divine appointment of the ministry. 

Is 62 : 6 I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jeru- 
salem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye 
that make mention of the Lord, keep not silence. 

Mai 2:7 For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and 
they should seek the law at his mouth : for he is the messenger 
of the Lord of hosts. 

Mk. 16 : 15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, 
and preach the gospel to every creature. 

Lk. 10 : 1 After these things, the Lord appomted other 
seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into 
every city, and place, whither he himself would come. 2 There- 
fore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the la- 
borers are few : pray ye therefore the lord of the harvest, that 
he would send forth laborers into his harvest. 

Ac 14*23 And when they had ordained them elders m 
every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended 
them to the Lord, on whom they beUeved. 

20 • 24 But none of these things move me, neither count 1 
my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with 
iov and the ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus, 
totestifythegospelofthegraceofGod. 28 Take heed there- 
fore unto yourselves, and to all the flock over the which the 
Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church ol 
God which he hath purchased with his own blood. 

Rom. 12 : 6 Having then gifts, differing accordmg to the 
grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy 
according to the proportion of faith ; 7 Or ministry, let us wait 
on our ministering : or he that teacheth, on teaching : 8 Or he 
that exhorteth, on exhortation. r-u • * 

1 Cor 1:1 Paul, called io be an apostle of Jesus Christ 
through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother. 17 For 
Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel : not 
with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made 

of none effect. ^ ^ , u u *i, ^«^« 

2 Cor 5 • 18 And all things are of God, who hath recon- 
ciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the 
ministry of reconciliation. 

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MINISTRY. 395 



Design and Use of. 



Col. 4 : 17 And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry 
which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it 

1 Tim. 1 : 12 And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath 
enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into 
the ministry. ° 

Tit. 1 : 3 But hath in due times manifested his word through 
preaching, which is committed unto me, according to the com- 
mandment of God our Savior. 1 Cor. 12 : 7 — 11. 

395. Design and use of the ministry. 

Jer. 3:15 And I will give you pastors according to mine 
heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding. 

15 : 19 Therefore thus saith the Lord, If thou return, then 
will I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before me : and 
if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as 
my mouth. 

Ezk. 3 : 17 Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto 
the house of Israel : therefore hear the word at my mouth, and 
give them warning from me. 

Mat. 5 : 13 Ye are the salt of the earth : but if the salt have 
lost his savor, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth 
good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under 
foot of men. 14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is 
set on a hill cannot be hid. 

Ac. 26 : 16 But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have ap- 
peared unto thee for this purpose to make thee a minister and 
a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and 
of those things in the which I will appear unto thee ; 17 De- 
livering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto 
whom now I send thee, 18 To open their eyes, and to turn 
them from darkness to light, and/rom the power of Satan unto 
God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inherit- 
ance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me. 

Rom. 10 : 14 How then shall they call on him in whom they 
have not believed ? and how shall they believe in him of whom 
they have not heard ? and how shall they hear without a 
preacher ? 15 And how shall they preach, except they be 
sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that 
preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good 
things ! 

1 Cor, 1:21 For after that in the wisdom of God the world 

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396 — 398 MINISTRY. 



Oriental Priesthood — ^Primitive Preaching — dnalifications. 

by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of 
preaching to save them that believe. 

2 Cor. 1 : 24 Not for that we have dominion over your faith, 
but are helpers of your joy : for by faith ye stand. 

5 : 20 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though 
God did beseech you by Us : we pray you in Christ's stead, be 
ye reconciled to God. 

Ep. 4 : 11 And he gave some, apostles ; and some, prophets; 
and some, evangelists ; and some, pastors and teachers ; 
12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the minis- 
try, for the edifying of the body of Christ : 13 Till we all come 
in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of 
God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of 
the fulness of Christ. 1 Tim. 3 : 1. Heb. 13 : 17. 

396. Oriental priesthood. 

Gen. 47 : 22 Only the land of the priests bought he not ; for 
the priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat 
their portion which Pharaoh gave them ; wherefore they sold 
not their lands. 

Ex. 3 : 1 Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father-in- 
law, the priest of Midian : and he led the flock to the back side 
of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb. 

397. Primitive mode of preaching: 

Ac. 17 : 2 And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, 
and three sabbath-days reasoned with them out of the scriptures. 

1 Cor. 2 : 4 And my speech and my preaching was not with 
enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the 
Spirit, and of power : 5 That your faith should not stand in 
the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. 

2 Cor. 3 : 12 Seeing then that we have such hope, we use 
great plainness of speech. 

4 : 1 Therefore, seeing we have this ministry, as we have 
received mercy, we faint not ; 2 But have renounced the 
hidden things of dishonesty ; not walking in craftiness, nor 
handling the word of God deceitfully; but, by manifestation of 
the truth, commending ourselves to every man's conscience in 
the sight of God. 

398. Ministerial qualijications. 

1 Tim. 3 : 2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband 
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MINISTRY. 399 



Authority and Rights. 



of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospi- 
tality, apt to teach; 3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy 
of filthy lucre ; but patient ; not a brawler, not covetous ; 
4 One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in 
subjection with all gravity; 5 (For if a man know not how to 
rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of 
God ?) 6 Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall 
mto the condemnation of the devil. 7 Moreover, he must 
have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall 
into reproach and the snare of the devil. 

2 Tim. 2 : 2 And the things that thou hast heard of me 
among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men 
who shall be able to teach others also. 24 And the servant 
of the Lord must not strive ; but be gentle unto all men, apt to 
teach, patient ; 25 In meekness instructing those that oppose 
themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to 
the acknowledging of the truth. 

Tit. 1:5 For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou 
shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain 
e ders m every city, as I had appointed thee : 6 If any be 
blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children 
not accused of riot, or unruly. 7 For a bishop must be blame- 
less, as the steward of God : not self-willed, not soon ano-ry 
not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre ; 8 But 
a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holv 
temperate ; 9 Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been 
taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort 
and to convince the gainsayers. Mat. 13 : 52. 1 Cor. 4 : 2. 

399. Ministerial authority and rights, and their limitations. 

Ac. 20: 17 And called the elders of the church. 28 Take 
heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock over the 
which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, [bishops! to 
feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his 
own blood. 

2 Cor. 10 : 8 For though I should boast somewhat more of 
our authority, which the Lord hath given us for edification 
and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed. 

13 : 10 Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being 
present I should use sharpness, according to the power which 
the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction. 

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400 MINISTRY. 



Limits of Authority— Duties — Personal Obligations. 



1 Tim. 5 : 17 Let the elders that rule well, be counted wor- 
thy of double honor, especially they who labor in the word and 
doctrine. 

2 Tim. 2 : 2 And the things that thou hast heard of me 
among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, 
who shall be able to teach others also. 

4:11 charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus 
Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appear- 
ing and his kingdom ; 2 Preach the word ; be instant in sea- 
son, out of season ; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long-suf- 
fering and doctrine. 

Tit. 2:15 These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with 
all authority. Let no man despise thee. 

Heb. 13 : 7 Remember them which have the rule over you, 
who have spoken unto you the word of God : whose faith fol- 
low, considering the end of their conversation. 17 Obey them 
that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves : for they 
watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they 
may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable 
for you. 

Limits of authority, 8rc. 

Mat. 20 : 25 But Jesus called them unto him, and said. Ye 
know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over 
them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. 
26 But it shall not be so among you : but whosoever will be 
great among you, let him be your minister : 27 And whoso- 
ever will be chief among you, let him be your servant : 
28 Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, 
but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. Mk. 
10 : 42. 

23 : 8 But be not ye called Rabbi : for one is your Master, 
even Christ ; and all ye are brethren. 9 And call no man your 
father upon the earth : for one is your Father which is in 
heaven. 10 Neither be ye called masters : for one is your 
Master, even Christ. 

1 Pet. 5 : 3 Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but 
being ensamples to the flock. [See Church, 91.] 

Ministerial Duties. 
400. Duties towards themselves. 
Kzk. 2 : 8 But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee ; 



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MINISTRT. 400 



Duties— Personal Obligations. 



Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house : open thy 
mouth, and eat that I give thee. 

Mat. 10:16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of 
wolves : be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. 
17 But beware of men : for they will deliver you up to the 
councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues. 

Ac. 20 : 28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the 
flock over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, 
to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his 
own blood. 29 For I know this, that after my departing shall 
grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. 
30 Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking per- 
verse things, to draw away disciples after them. 31 Therefore 
watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased 
not to warn every one night and day with tears. 

Rom. 2 : 21 Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest 
thou not thyself? thou that preachest, a man should not steal, 
dost thou steal ? 

1 Cor. 9 : 25 And every man that striveth for the mastery 
is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corrupt- 
ible crown ; but we an incorruptible. 26 I therefore so run, 
not as uncertainly ; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air : 
27 But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection : 
lest that by any means when I have preached to others, I my- 
self should be a cast-away. 

1 Th. 2 : 10 Ye are witnesses, and God also^ how holily, 
and justly, and unblamably we behaved ourselves among you 
that believe. 

1 Tim. 4:12 Let no man despise thy youth ; but be thou an 
example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, 
in spirit, in faith, in purity. 13 Till I come, give attendance to 
reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. 14 Neglect not the gift 
that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the 
laying on of the hands of the presbytery. 15 Meditate upon 
these things ; give thyself wholly to them ; that thy profiting 
may appear to all. 16 Take heed unto thyself, and unto the 
doctrine ; continue in them : for in doing this thou shalt both 
save thyself, and them that hear thee. 

6 : 20 O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, 
avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of sci- 

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ence falsely so called : 21 Which some professing, have erred 
concerning ihe faith. 

2 Tim. 1:13 Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou 
hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. 

2 : 3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of 
Jesus Christ. 4 No man that warreth entangleth himself with 
the affairs of this life ; that he may please him who hath 
chosen him to be a soldier. 22 Flee also youthful lusts : but 
follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call 
on the Lord out of a pure heart. 23 But foolish and un- 
learned questions avoid, knowing tliat they do gender strifes. 

2 Tim. 4 : 5 But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, 
do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry. 

7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have 
kept the faith. 

Tit. 2 : 7 In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good 
works : in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity, 

8 Sound speech that cannot be condemned ; that he that is of 
the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say 
of you. 

401. Duty to preach the gospel faithfully as ambassadors of 
Christ. 

Dt. 33 : 10 They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Is- 
rael thy law ; they shall put incense before thee, and whole 
burnt sacrifice upon thine altar. 

Neh. 8 : 8 So they read in the book in the law of God dis- 
tinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the 
reading. 

Ec. 12 : 9 And moreover, because the Preacher was wise, 
he still taught the people knowledge : yea, he gave good heed, 
and sought out, and set in order many proverbs. 

Jer. 1 : 17 Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and 
s^^eak unto them all that I command thee : be not dismayed at 
their faces, lest I confound thee before them. 

23 : 28 The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream ; 
and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. 
What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the Lord. 

26:2 Thus saith the Lord; Stand in the court of the 
Lord's house, and speak unto all the cities of Judah, which 
come to worship in the Lord's house, all the words that I 
command thee to speak unto them ; diminish not a word. 
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Ezk. 2 : 7 And thou shalt speak my words unto them, wheth- 
er they will hear, or whether they will forbear : for they are 
most rebellious. 

3 : 10 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my words 
that I shall speak unto thee receive in thine heart, and hear 
with thine ears. 11 And go, get thee to them of the captivity, 
unto the children of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell 
them. Thus saith the Lord God ; whether they will hear, or 
whether they will forbear. 

Mat. 28 : 19 Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptiz- 
ing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of 
the Holy Ghost; 20 Teaching them to observe all things 
whatsoever I have commanded you. 

Mk. 8 : 38 Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me, and 
of my words, in this adulterous and sinful generation ; of him 
also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the 
glory of his Father with the holy angels. 

Jn. 7 : 14 Now, about the midst of the feast, Jesus went up 
into the temple and taught. 

Ac. 5 : 42 And daily in the temple, and in every house, they 
ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ. 

20 : 18 And when they were come to him, he said unto 
them, Ye know, from the first day that I came into Asia, after 
what manner I have been with you at all seasons. 20 And 
how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have 
shewed you, and have taught you publicly, and from house to 
house. 26 Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I 
am, pure from the blood of all men, 27 For I have not shun- 
ned to declare unto you all the counsel of God. 28 Take heed 
therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock over the which 
the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church 
of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. 

1 Cor. 4 : 1 Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers 
of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. 2 Moreover 
it is required in stewards that a man be found faithful. 

9: 16^ For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to 
glory of: for necessity is laid upon me ; yea, wo is unto me, if 
I preach not the gospel ! 

2 Cor. 2 : 17 For we are not as many, which corrupt the 
word of God : but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight 
of God speak we in Christ. 

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2 Cor. 4 : 1 Therefore, seeing we have this ministry, as we 
have received mercy, we faint not ; 2 But have renounced the 
hidden things of dishonesty; not walking in craftiness, nor 
handling the word of God deceitfully ; but, by manifestation 
of the truth, commending ourselves to every man's conscience 
in the sight of God. 

5 : 20 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though 
God did beseech you by us : we pray you in Christ's stead, be 
ye reconciled to God. 

Gal. 1 : 10 For do I now persuade men, or God ? or do I seek 
to please men ? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the 
servant of Christ. 

1 Th. 2 : 3 For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of un- 
cleanriess, nor in guile ; 4 But as we were allowed of God to 
be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak ; not as 
pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts. 5 For neither 
at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloak 
of covetousness ; God is witness. 

2 Tim. 2 : 15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a 
workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing 
the word of truth. 

4:11 charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus 
Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appear- 
ing and his kingdom ; 2 Preach the word ; be instant in sea- 
son, out of season ; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long-suffer- 
ing and doctrine. 3 For the time will come, when they will 
not endure sound doctrine ; but after their own lusts shall they 
heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears ; 4 And they 
shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned 
unto fables. 5 But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, 
do the work of an evangelist, make lull proof of thy ministry. 

Tit. 2 : 1 But speak thou the things which become sound 
doctrine : 2 That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, 
sound in faith, in charity, in patience. 

1 Pet. 4:11 If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles 
of God ; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability 
which God giveth : that God in all things may be glorified 
through Jesus Christ ; to whom be praise and dominion for 
ever and ever. 

5:1 The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also 
an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a 
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partaker of the glory that shall be revealed : 2 Feed the flock 
of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof^ not 
by constraint, but willingly ; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready 
mind ; 3 Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being 
ensamples to the flock. 

402. Duty to he inoffensive. 

Mat. 17 : 27 Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, 
go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that 
first Cometh up : and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou 
shalt find a piece of money : that take, and give unto them for 
me and thee. 

Rom. 14 : 21 It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink 
wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is of- 
fended, or is made weak. 

1 Cor. 9 : 19 For though I be free from all tnen^ yet have 1 
made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more. 
20 And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain 
the Jews ; to them that are under the law, as under the law, 
that I might gain them that are under the law ; 22 To the 
weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak : I am 
made all things to all men^ that I might by all means save 
some. 

10 : 32 Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the 
Gentiles, nor to the church of God. 33 Even as 1 please all 
men in all things^ not seeking mine own profit, but the projit 
of many, that they may be saved. 

2 Cor. 6:3 Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry 
be not blamed : 4 But in all things approving ourselves as the 
ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, 
in distresses. 

Col. 1 : 10 That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all 
pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in 
the knowledge of God. 

403. Duty to fear not man, but God. 

Jer. 1 : 7 But the Lord said unto me. Say not, I am a child : 
for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever 
I command thee thou shalt speak. 8 Be not afraid of their 
faces : for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord. 
17 Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto 
them all that I command thee : be not dismayed at their faces, 

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lest I confound thee before them. 18 For behold, I have made 
thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brazen 
walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, 
against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and 
against the people of the land. 19 And they shall fight against 
thee ; but they shall not prevail against thee ; for I am with 
thee, saith the Lord, to deliver thee. 

Ezk. 2 : 6 And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, nei- 
ther be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns he with 
thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions : be not afraid of 
their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a 
rebellious house. 7 And thou shalt speak my words unto 
them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear : 
for they are most rebellious. 

Mat. 10 : 28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are 
not able to kill the soul : but rather fear him which is able to 
destroy both soul and body in hell. 

Lk. 12 : 4 And I say unto you, my friends. Be not afraid of 
them that kill the body, and after that, have no more that they 
can do. 

Ac. 4 : 13 Now, when they saw the boldness of Peter and 
John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant 
men, they marvelled ; and they took knowledge of them, that 
they had been with Jesus. 18 And they called them, and com- 
manded them not to speak at all, nor teach in the name of Je- 
sus. 19 But Peter and John answered and said unto them, 
Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you 
more than unto God, judge ye. 20 For we cannot but speak 
the things which we have seen and heard. 29 And now, Lord, 
behold their threatenings : and grant unto thy servants, that 
with all boldness they may speak thy word. 

6 : 10 And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the 
spirit by which he spake. 

9 : 29 And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, 
and disputed against the Grecians : but they went about to 
slay him. 

18 : 9 Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision. 
Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace : 10 For I am 
with thee, and no man shall set on thee, to hurt thee : for I 
have much people in this city. 

19 : 8 And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly 
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for the space of three months, disputing and persuading the 
things concerning the kingdom of God. 

Ph. 1 : 20 According to my earnest expectation, and my 
hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all 
boldness, as always, so now also, Christ shall be magnified in 
my body, whether it be by life, or by death. [See 267.] 

404. Duty to refute error, and reprove errorists and trans- 
gressors. 

1 S. 13 : 13 And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done fool- 
ishly : thou hast not kept the commandment of the Lord thy 
God, which he commanded thee : for now would the Lord 
have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever. 14 But 
now thy kingdom shall not continue. 

2 S. 12 : 7 And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. 

1 K. 18 : 17 And it came to pass when Ahab saw Elijah, 
that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel ? 
18 And he answered, I have not troubled Israel ; but thou, and 
thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the command- 
ments of the Lord, and thou hast followed Baalim. 

21 : 20 And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O 
mine enemy ? And he answered, I have found thee : because 
thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the Lord. 

Is. 58 : 1 Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trum- 
pet, and shew my people their transgressioUj and the house of 
Jacob their sins. 

Ezk. 16 : 2 Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abom- 
inations. 

Mic. 3 : 8 But truly I am full of power by the Spirit of the 
Lord, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob 
his transgression, and to Israel his sin. 

Ac. 2 : 23 Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel 
and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked 
hands have crucified and slain. 

7 : 51 Ye stiff-necked, and uncircumcised in heart and ears, 
ye do always resist the Holy Ghost : as your fathers did, so do 
ye. 52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers perse- 
cuted ? and they have slain them which shewed before of the 
coming of the Just One ; of whom ye have been now the be- 
trayers and murderers ; 53 Who have received the law by the 
disposition of Euigels, and have not kept it. 

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1 Tim. 5 : 20 Them that sin rebuke before all, that others 
also may fear. 

2 Tim. 4 : 2 Preach the word ; be instant in season, out of 
season ; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all lowg-suffering and 
doctrine. 

Tit. 1 : 10 For there are many unruly and vain talkers and 
deceivers, especially they of the circumcision : 11 Whose 
mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching 
things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake. 13 This 
witness is true : wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they 
may be sound in the faith. [See Reproof, 513.] 

405. Duty to pray and labor for the spiritual good of others. 

1 S. 12 : 23 Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should 
sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you : but I will 
teach you the good and the right way. 

Joel 2 : 17 Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep 
between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy 
people, O Lord, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that 
the heathen should rule over them : wherefore should they say 
among the people. Where is their God ? 

Ac. 20 : 31 Therefore watch, and remember, that by the 
space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and 
day with tears. 

Rom. 1 : 9 For God is my witness, whom I serve with my 
spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make 
mention of you always in my prayers. 

2 Cor. 11:2 For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy : 
for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present 
you as a chaste virgin to Christ. 

12 : 14 Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you ; 
and I will not be burdensome to you : for I seek not yours, but 
you. For the children ought not to lay up for the parents, 
but the parents for the children. 15 And I will very gladly 
spend and be spent for you ; though the more abundantly I 
love you, the less I be loved. 

Gal. 1 : 16 To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach 
him among the heathen ; immediately I conferred not with 
flesh and blood. 

4 : 19 My little children, of whom I travail in birth again, 
until Christ be formed in you, 20 I desire to be present with 
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you now, and to change my voice j for I stand in doubt of 
you. 

Ph. 1 : 3 I thank my God upon every remembranae of you, 
4 Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request 
with joy, 5 For your fellowship in the gospel from the first 
day until now ; 8 For God is my record, how greatly I long 
after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ. 

Col. 1 : 9 For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, 
do not cease to pray for you, and to "desire that ye might be 
filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual 
understanding; 10 That ye might walk worthy of the Lord 
unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and in- 
creasing in the knowledge of God : 11 Strengthened with all 
might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and 
long-suffering with joyfulness: 28 Whom we preach, warning 
every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom ; that we 
may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus. 

4:12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, sa- 
luteth you, always laboring fervently for you in prayers, that 
ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God. 
13 For I bear him record, that he hath a great zeal for you, 
and them that are in Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis. 

1 Th. 2 : 6 Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor 
yet of others, when we might have been burdensome, as the 
apostles of Christ. 7 But we were gentle among you, even 
as a nurse cherisheth her children : 8 So being affectionately 
desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, 
not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye 
tvere dear unto us. 9 For ye remember, brethren, our labor 
md travail : for laboring night and day, because we would 
lot be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you 
the gospel of God. 10 Ye are witnesses, and God also, 
low holily, and justly, and unblamably we behaved ourselves 
imong you that believe: 11 As ye know how we exhorted, 
md comforted, and charged every one of you, as a father 
ioth his children, 12 That ye would walk worthy of God, 
vho hath called you unto his kingdom and fflorv. 1 Th. 
5:7— 10. ^ 

406. Duty to devote themselves to their work. 

Mat. 8 : 21 And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, 

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suffer me first to go and bury my father. 22 But Jesus said 
unto him, Follow me ; and let the dead bury their dead. 

Lk. 9 : 59 And he said unto another, Follow me. But he 
said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. 60 Jesus 
said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead : but go thou and 
preach the kingdom of God. 

Ac. 6 : 2 Then the twelve called the multitude of the disci- 
ples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave 
the word of God, and serve tables. 3 Wherefore, brethren, 
look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the 
Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this bu- 
siness. 4 But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, 
and to the ministry of the w^ord. 

1 Cor. 2 : 2 For I determined not to know any thing among 
you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified. 

1 Tim. 4 : 15 Meditate upon these things ; give thyself 
wholly to them ; that thy profiting may appear to all. 

407. Ministerial responsibility. 

Ezk. 33 : 7 So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watcli- 
* man unto the house of Israel ; therefore thou shalt hear the 
word at my mouth, and warn them from me. 8 When I 
say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die ; if 
thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that 
wicked man shall die in his iniquity ; but his blood will I re- 
quire at thine hand. 9 Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked 
of his way to turn from it ; if he do not turn from his way, he 
shall die in his iniquity ; but thou hast delivered thy soul. 

Ezk. 3 : 17, 19. 

34 : 8 As I live, saith the Lord God, surely because my flock 
became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of 
the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shep- 
herds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, 
and fed not my flock ; 9 Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the 
word of the Lord ; 10 Thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, I am 
against the shepherds ; and I Avill require my flock at their hand, 
and cause them to cease from feeding the flock, neither shall 
the shepherds feed themselves any more ; for I will deliver my 
flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them. 

408. TVials and persecutions of faithful ministers. 
Jer. 2 : 30 In vain have I smitten your children ; they re- 
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ceived no correction : your own sword hath devoured your 
prophets, hke a destroying lion. 

15 : 10 Wo is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a 
man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth ! I 
have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury j 
yet every one of them doth curse me. 

Ezk. 33 : 30 Also, thou son of man, the children of thy peo- 
ple still are talking against thee by the walls and in the doors 
of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his 
brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word 
that Cometh forth from the Lord. 

Mat. 10 : 16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst 
of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as 
doves. 17 But beware of men : for they will deliver you up 
to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues. 
18 And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my 
sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles. °22 And 
ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake : but he that 
endureth to the end shall be saved. 23 But when they perse- 
cute you in this city, flee ye into another : for verily I say unto 
you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel till the 
Son of man be come. 24 The disciple is not above Us mas- 
ter, nor the servant above his lord. 25 It is enough for the 
disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord : if 
they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much 
more shall they call them of his household ? 

23 : 34 Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and 
wise men, and scribes ; and some of them ye shall kill and cru- 
cify, and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, 
and persecute ihem from city to city. 

Jn. 16 : 33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me 
ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation, 
but be of good cheer : I have overcome the world. 

17 : 14 I have given them thy word ; and the world hath 
hated them, because they are not of the world, even as 1 am 
not of the world. 

Ac. 4: 18 And they called them, and commanded them not 
to speak at all, nor teach in the name of Jesus. 

5 : 40 And to him they agreed : and when they had called 
the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they 
should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. 

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41 And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoic- 
ing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name. 

Ac. 7 : 52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers perse- 
cuted ? and they have slain them which shewed before of the 
coming of the Just One ; of whom ye have been now the be- 
trayers and murderers. 

9 : 15 But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way : for he is a 
chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, 
and kings, and the children of Israel. 16 For I will shew him 
how great things he must suffer for my name's sake. 

14 : 22 Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting 
them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much 
tribulation enter into the kingdom of God. 

20 : 23 Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, 
saying, that bonds and afflictions abide me. 24 But none of 
these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, 
so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry 
which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel 
of the grace of God. 

Rom. 8 : 17 And if children, then heirs : heirs of God, and 
joint-heirs with Christ ; if so be that we suffer with Arm, that 
we may be also glorified together. 36 As it is written. For 
thy sake we are killed all the day long ; we are accounted as 
sheep for the slaughter. 

1 Cor. 4 : 9 For I think that God hath set forth us the apos- 
tles last, as it were appointed to death : for we are made a 
spectable unto the world, and to angels, and to men. 11 Even 
unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are na- 
ked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelhng-place ; 
12 And labor, working with our own hands. Being reviled, 
we bless ; being persecuted, we suffer it ; 13 Being defamed, 
we entreat : we are made as the filth of the world, and are the 
off-scouring of all things unto this day. 

2 Cor. 1 : 5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so 
our consolation also aboundeth by Christ. 6 And whether we 
be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is 
effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also 
suffer : or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation 
and salvation. 7 And our hope of you is steadfast, knowing, 
that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of 
the consolation. 

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4:8 ffe are troubled on every side, yet not distressed- we 
are perplexed, but not in despair; 9 Persecuted, but notV^r 
saken; cast down, but not destroyed ; 10 Always bUrinrabout 

Jesus might be made manifest in our body. U For we which 
..e are always delivered unto death for Jesus' saker'hS the 

„f rl u ^"^" approvmg ourselves as the ministers 

treses ' "rstin^'"""' ^.='««^«''-. - necessities, in dis- 
tresses, 5 In stripes, in unprisonmente, in tumults, in labors 

m watchings, in fastings; 8 By honor' and dishon'o "by ewi 
report and good report ; as deceivers, and yet true ; 9 As un- 
known, and yet well known ; as dying and behold, ^e live as 
chastened, and not killed; 10 As sorrowful, yet alway reioic- 
ng; as poor, yet making many rich ; as h'aving notC and 
yet possessing all things. * """ug, ana 

11 : 23 Are they ministers of Christ 7 (1 speak as a f^nll r 
«» more; in labors more abundant, in Li^lZl^^^J. 
ure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft. 24 Of the Jews 
five times received I forty stripes save one. 25 Thrice w^I 
beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffe elswJ 
wreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep; 261 Lur- 
neymgs often, ^n perils of waters, in perils of robb;rs, inplrL 
byjmne ovm countrymen, in perils by the heathen, ik perT „ 

tatehinfs t' ''^'"' '' '" ^^^""^^^ ^-^ painfuiness^ m 
watchmgs often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold 

and nakedness. 32 In Damascus th; governor unto Aretas 
the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison de 
«rous o he„dme: 33 And through a window !n a basket 

was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands, 
t^al. 1 : 10 For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I 

:hfse':v!::tTf ^^^ ^ ' ^^' ^'--^ -"> ^ ^"-"^ -« «>« 

5 : 11 And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do 
I yet suffer persecution ? then is the offence of the cross ceased. 

1 in. 3:3 1 hat no man should be moved by these afflic- 
tions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto. 

Jl ^A^' Z " r ^^'^ ""'* y"' "^^ *»'<• y»» before that 
we diould suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye 



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2 Tim 2 : 3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good sol- 
dier of Jesus Christ. 9 Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil- 
doer, even unto bonds ; but the word of God is not bound. 

3:11 Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at An- 
tioch, at Iconium, at Lystra, what persecutions I endured : but 
out of them all the Lord delivered me. 12 Yea, and all that 
will live godly in Christ Jesus shaU suffer persecution. 

Rev. 1:91 John, who also am your brother, and companion 
in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, 
was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and 
for the testimony of Jesus Christ. [See 59 and 439.] 

409. Success in preaching promised, encouraged, and exem- 
plified. 

Jer. 23 : 22 But if they had stood in my counsel, and had 
caused my people to hear my words, then they should have 
turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their 

doings. i_ V • v+ 

Dan. 12 : 3 And they that be wise, shall shme as the bright- 
ness of the firmament ; and they that turn many to righteous- 
ness, as the stars for ever and ever. 

Mk. 1 : 17 And Jesus said unto them. Come ye after me, and 
I will make you to become fishers of men. 

Jn. 4 : 36 And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gather- 
eth fruit unto life eternal : that both he that soweth, and he 
that reapeth, may rejoice together. 

Ac. 11 : 24 For he was a good man, and full ot the Holy 
Ghost, and of faith : and much people was added unto the Lord. 

14 : 1 And it came to pass in Iconium, that they went both 
together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a 
great multitude, both of the Jews, and also of the Greeks, 

believed. p ^^ , t, ia 

1 Cor. 1 : 21 For after that in the wisdom of God the world 

by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the fooUshness 

of preaching to save them that believe. 

Ph. 4 : 1 Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed 

for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly 

beloved. 

1 Th. 2 : 19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of re- 
joicing 1 Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus 
Christ at his coming ? 
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continu^in \l^ '^1' ^'"'i """'^ '^^'"^^ ^"^ "^*° '^^ doctrine ; 
continue in them : for m doing this thou shalt both save thy- 
self, and them that hear thee. ^ 

/aitX""" " ^'"'^ ^"^^^^^ '^^^"^^ - proportion to 
Is 6 : 9 And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye in- 

iL^ . t ^'l'' °^ '^^' P""P^^ ^^<^ ^"d make their ears 

heT^i^ th ' '"^"^ 7" ' ^"^ *^^ ^^^ ^^^h ^h- eyes, and 
v.rt r^ K r ?'/' ^^^ understand with their heart, and con- 
vert and be healed. 11 Then said I, Lord, how long? And 
he answered. Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, 

53 1 W^'r/f rr "'^^ ^"^ '^' ^^"^ ^' "t^e^ly desolate: 

»r^ V.T. T° ^"^"^"^ °^' "^P°^*^ ^^d to whom is the 

arm of the Lord revealed ? 

Jer. 5 : 14 Wherefore thus saith the Lord God of hosts, Be- 

Zl^^ "^ . '^'" ^"'^' ^"^"^^' ^ ^^" °^^ke my words in thy 
mouth fire and this people wood, and it shall devour them. 

for th ■' Ml ! ^'"''"^ ''^ ^"''^^^ ^^^^ "«t hearken unto thee : 
tor they will not hearken unto me : for all the house of Israe 
are impudent and hard-hearted. 

Jn. 12 : 37 But though he had done so many miracles before 
them, yet they believed not on him : 38 That the saying of 

rf ^.^['^^'^ ""^"^^ ^^ ^^^^"ed, which he spake. Lord 
who hath believed our report? and to whom hath L ^rm of 
the Lord been revealed ? 39 Therefore they could not beheve 
because that Esaias said again, 40 He hath blinded their eyes' 
and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their 

ri'LTttnr ""' ^'"" '^'-'^ ^^^ '^ — ^^' -d I 
Ac. 13: 46 Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said 
It was necessary that the word of God should first have been 
spoken to you : but seeing ye put it from you, and judge your" 
selves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the lentiles. 
411. Faithful ministers encouraged and rewarded by God 
Is. 49 : 5 And now, saith the Lord that formed me from the 
womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though 
Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes?f 
the Lord, and my God shall be my strength. 
Jer. 1 : 18 For behold, I have made thee this day a defenced 

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Provision for. 



city, and an iron pillar, and brazen walls against the whole 
land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, 
acrainst the priests thereof, and against the people of the land. 
19 And they shall fight against thee ; but they shall not pre- 
vail against thee ; for I am with thee, saith the Lord, to de- 
liver thee. 

Jer. 15 : 19 Therefore thus saith the Lord, If thou return, then 
will i bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before me : and 
if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as 
my mouth: let them return unto thee; but return not thou 
unto them. 20 And I will make thee unto this people a fenced 
brazen wall : and they shall fight against thee, but they shall 
not prevail against thee : for I am with thee to save thee and 
to deliver thee, saith the Lord. 21 And I will deliver thee out 
of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the 
hand of the terrible. 

Ezk. 3 : 8 Behold, I have made thy face strong against their 
faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads. 9 As 
an adamant, harder than flint have I made thy forehead : fear 
them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a 

rebellious house. 

Mat. 28 : 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever 
I have commanded you : and lo, I am with you alway, even 
unto the end of the world. Amen. 

Lk. 6 : 22 Blessed are ye when men shall hate you, and 
when they shall separate you from their company, and shall 
reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of 
man's sake. 23 Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy : for 
behold, your reward is great in heaven : for in the like man- 
ner did their fathers unto the prophets. 

21 : 15 For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all 
your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist. 

Jn. 14 : 16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give 
you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever. 

2 Tim. 4:71 have fought a good fight, I have finished my 
course, I have kept the faith: 8 Henceforth there is laid up 
for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous 
Judge, shall give me at that day : and not to me only, but unto 
all them also that love his appearing. 

412. Faithful ministers should be supported. 

Num. 18 : 21 And behold, I have given the children of Levi 
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Provision for. 



all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which 
they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of the conareffa- 
tion. ° 

Dt. 12 : 19 Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the 
Levite as long as thou livest upon the earth. 

Mai. 3 : 9 Ye are cursed with a curse : for ye have robbed 
me, even this whole nation. 10 Bring ye all the tithes into 
the storehouse, that there maybe meat in my house, and prove 
me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open 
you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that 
t/iere shall not be room enough to receive it. 

Mat. 10 : 9 Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your 
purses J 10 Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, nei- 
ther shoes, nor yet staves : (for the workman is worthy of his 
meat.) 40 He that receiveth you, receiveth me ; and he that 
receiveth me, receiveth him that sent me. 41 : 42. 

Lk. 10 : 16 He that heareth you, heareth me ; and he that 
despiseth you, despiseth me ; and he that despiseth me, de- 
spiseth him that sent me. 

Jn. 13: 20 Verily, verily, I say unto you. He that receiveth 
whomsoever I send, receiveth mej and he that receiveth me, 
receiveth him that sent me. 

1 Cor. 9:11 If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it 
a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things ? 13 Do ye 
not know that they which minister about holy things live of the 
things of the temple, and they which wait at the alter are par- 
takers with the altar? 14 Even so hath the Lord ordained 
that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel. 

Gal. 6 : 6 Let him that is taught in the word, communicate 
unto him that teacheth in all good things. 

Ep. 6 : 18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication 
m the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance 
and supplication for all saints ; 19 And for me, that utterance 
may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to 
make known the mystery of the gospel. 

1 Th. 5 : 12 And we beseech you, brethren, to know them 
which labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and 
admonish you ; 13 And to esteem them very highly in love 
for their work's sake. And be at peace among yourselves. 
25 Brethren, pray for us. 

2 Th. 3 : 1 Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of 

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Liable to be corrupted or neglected. 



the Lord may have/ree course, and be glorified, even as it is 
with you ; 2 And that we may be delivered from unreasonable 
and wicked men : for all men have not faith. 

1 Tim. 5 : 17 Let the elders that rule well, be counted wor- 
thy of double honor, especially they who labor in the word 
and doctrine. 18 For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not 
muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The laborer 
is worthy of his reward. 

413. Ministers liable to he corrupted or neglected. 

Ex. 32 : 21 And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this peo- 
ple unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon 
them ? 22 And Aaron said. Let not the anger of my lord 
wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set on mis- 
chief. 23 For they said unto me. Make us gods which shall 

go before us. 

Is. 30 : 9 This is a rebellious people, lying children, children 
that will not hear the law of the Lord : 10 Which say to the 
seers. See not ; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right 
things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits : 11 Get 
ye out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy 
One of Israel to cease from before us. 

Jer. 5 : 30 A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in 
the land; 31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests 
bear rule by their means ; and my people love to have it so • 
and what will ye do in the end thereof? 

Am. 2 : 11 And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and 
of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye 
children of Israel ? saith the Lord. 12 But ye gave the Naz- 
arites wine to drink ; and commanded the prophets, saying, 
Prophesy not. 

7 : 12 Also, Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go flee 
thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and 
prophesy there : 13 But prophesy not again any more at 
Bethel : for it is the king's chapel, and it is the king's court. 

Jn. 5 : 43 I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive 
me not : if another shall come in his own name, him ye will 

receive. 

Ac. 4 : 18 And they called them, and commanded them not 
to speak at all, nor teach in the name of Jesus. 

2 Tim. 1 : 15 This thou knowest. that all they which are in 
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Asia be turned away from me ; of whom are Phygellus and 
Hermogenes. 

4 : 3 For the time will come, when they will not endure 
sound doctrine ; but after their own lusts shall they heap to 
themselves teachers, having itching ears ; 4 And they shall 
turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto 
fables. Zee. 7 : 11, 12. 

414. False and unfaithful ministers numerous, deceitful, and 
dangerous. 

1 K. 18 : 22 Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only, 
remain a prophet of the Lord ; but Baal's prophets are four 
hundred and fifty men. 

Jer. 10 : 21 For the pastors are become brutish, and have 
not sought the Lord : therefore they shall not prosper, and all 
their flocks shall be scattered. 

Mat. 7 : 22 Many will say to me in that day. Lord, Lord, 
have we not prophesied in thy name ? and in thy name have 
cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 
23 And then I will profess unto them, I never knew you : de- 
part from me, ye that work iniquity. 

Mat. 24 : 5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am 
Christ ; and shall deceive many. 11 And many false prophets 
shall rise, and shall deceive many. 

Ac. 20 : 29 For I know this, that after my departing shall 
grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. 
30 Also of your own selves shall men arise, spealcing perverse 
things, to draw away disciples after them. 

IJn. 4 : 1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spir- 
its whether they are of God : because many false prophets are 
gone out into the world. 

2 Jn. 7 For many deceivers are entered into the world, 
who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This 
is a deceiver, and an antichrist. 

Deceitful. 

Jer. 6 : 14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter 
of my people slightly, saying. Peace, peace j when there is no 
peace. 

Ezk. 13 : 10 Because, even because they have seduced my 
people, saying, Peace ; and there was no peace ; and one built 
up a wall, and lo, others daubed it with untempered mortar. 

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Mat. 7 : 15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you m 
sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. 

Rom. 16 : 18 For they that are such serve not our Lord 
Jesus Christ, but their own belly ; and by good words and fair 
speeches deceive the hearts of the simple. 

2 Cor. 11 : 13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, 
transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. 14 And 
no marvel ; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of 
light. 15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also 
be transformed as the ministers of righteousness ; whose end 
shall be according to their works. 

Ep. 4 : 14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to 
and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the 
sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in 
wait to deceive. 

2 Tim. 3:13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse 
and worse, deceiving, and being deceived. 

Tit. 1 : 10 For there are many unruly and vain talkers and 
deceivers, especially they of the circumcision : 11 Whose 
mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching 
things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake. 

2 Pet. 2 : 3 And through covetousness shall they with 
feigned words make merchandise of you : whose judgment 
now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slum- 
bereth not. 

Dangerous. 

Is. 3 : 12 O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to 
err, and destroy the way of thy paths. 

9 : 15 The ancient and honorable, he is the head ; and the 
prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail. 1 6 For the leaders 
of this people cause them to err ; and they that are led of them 
are destroyed. 

Jer. 23 : 14 I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem a 
horrible thing : they commit adultery, and walk in lies : they 
strengthen also the hands of evil-doers, that none doth return 
from his wickedness : they are all of them unto me as Sodom, 
and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah. 15 Therefore thus 
saith the Lord of hosts concerning the prophets ; Behold, I 
will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the 
water of gall : for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profane- 
ness gone forth into all the land. 32 Behold, I am against 
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them that prophesy false dreams, saith the Lord, and do tell 
them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their 
lightness ; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them : there- 
fore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the Lord. 

Ezk. 13 : 10 Because, even because they have seduced my 
people, saying, Peace ; and there was no peace ; and one built 
up a wall, and lo, others daubed it with untempered mortar: 
22 Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous 
sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands 
of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way 
by promising him life. 

22 : 25 There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst 
thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have de- 
voured souls ; they have taken the treasure and precious 
things ; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof. 
26 Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned my 
holy things : they have put no difference between the holy and 
profane, neither have they shewed difference between the un- 
clean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sab- 
baths, and I am profaned among them. 27 Her princes in the 
midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, 
and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain. 28 And her 
prophets have daubed them with untempered nwrtar, seeing 
vanity, and divining hes unto them, saying, Thus saith the 
Lord God, when the Lord hath not spoken. 

34 ; 2 Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, 
prophesy, and say unto them. Thus saith the Lord God unto 
the shepherds ; Wo he to the shepherds of Israel that do feed 
themselves ! should not the shepherds feed the flocks ? 3 Ye 
eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that 
are fed : but ye feed not the flock. 4 The diseased have ye 
not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick 
neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have 
ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have 
ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty 
have ye ruled them. 

Mat. 23 : 13 But wo unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypo- 
crites ! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men : 
for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are 
entering, to go in. 

Lk. 11 : 52 Wo unto you, lawyers ! for ye have taken away 

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the key of knowledge : ye entered not in yourselves, and them 
that were entering in ye hindered. 

2 Pet. 2 : 1 But there were false prophets also among the 
people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who 
privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the 
Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift de- 
struction. 2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways ; by 
reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. 
3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words 
make merchandise of you : whose judgment now of a long 
time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not. 

415. False teachers to be avoided. 

Pr. 19 : 27 Cease, my son, to hear the instruction tJiat catis- 
eth to err from the words of knowledge. 

Mat. 7 : 15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in 
sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. 

15 : 14 Let them alone : they be blind leaders of the blind. 
And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. 

16 : 6 Then Jesus said unto them. Take heed and beware 
of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. 

24 : 4 And Jesus answered and said unto them. Take heed 
that no man deceive you. 5 For many shall come in my 
name, saying, I am Christ ; and shall deceive many. 24 For 
there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall 
shew great signs and wonders ; insomuch that, if it were pos- 
sible, they shall deceive the very elect. Lk. 21 : 8. 

Mk. 4 : 24 And he said unto them. Take heed what ye 
hear : With what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to 
you : and unto you that hear shall more be given. 

Lk. 21 : 8 And he said. Take heed that ye be not deceived: 
for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and 
the time draweth near : go ye not therefore after them. 

Rom. 16 : 17 Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which 
cause divisions and offences, contrary to the doctrine which ye 
have learned ; and avoid them. 

1 Cor. 15 : 33 Be not deceived : Evil communications cor- 
rupt good manners. 

Gal. 1 : 7 Which is not another ; but there be some that 
trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. 8 But 
though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel 
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unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him 
be accursed. 

Ph. 3 : 2 Beware of dogs, beware of evil-workers, beware 
of the concision ; 3 For we are the circumcision, which worship 
God in the Spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no 
confidence in the flesh. 

2 Jn. 10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this 
doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God 
speed : 1 1 For he that biddeth him God speed, is partaker of 
his evil deeds. [See 102."] 

416. Consequences of ministerial falsehood and unfaithfulness. 

Dt. 13:5 And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, 
shall be put to death ; because he hath spoken to turn you 
away from the Lord your God, which brought you out of the 
land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, 
to thrust thee out of the way which the Lord thy God com- 
manded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away 
from the midst of thee. 

Jer. 23 : 1 Wo be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter 
the sheep of my pasture ! saith the Lord. 2 Therefore thus 
saith the Lord God of Israel against the pastors that feed my 
people ; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away 
and have not visited them : behold, I will visit upon you the 
evil of your doings, saith the Lord. 

Ezk. 13 : 3 Thus saith the Lord God ; Wo unto the foolish 
prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing ! 
18 And say, Thus saith the Lord God ; Wo to the women that 
sew pillows to all arm-holes, and make kerchiefs upon the 
head of every stature to hunt souls ! 

22 : 26 Her priests have violated my law, and have pro- 
faned mine holy things : tiey have put no difference between 
the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference be- 
tween the unclean an(Z the clean, and have hid their eyes fi-om 
my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them. 31 Therefore 
have I poured out mine indignation upon them ; I have con- 
sumed them wi<:h the fire of my wrath : their own way have I 
recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord God. 

34 : 2 Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, 
prophesy, and say unto them. Thus saith the Lord God unto 
the shepherds ; Wo he to the shepherds of Israel that do feed 

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themselves ! should not the shepherds feed the flocks 7 
10 Thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, I am against the 
shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and 
cause them to cease from feeding the flock ; neither shall the 
shepherds feed themselves any more ; for I will deliver my 
flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them. 

Mai. 2 : 8 But ye are departed out of the way ; ye have 
caused many to stumble at the law ; ye have corrupted the 
covenant of Levi, saith the Lord of hosts. 9 Therefore have 
I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, 
according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial 
in the law. 

Mat. 23 : 14 Wo unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! 
for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long 
prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation. 
15 Wo unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye 
compass sea and land to make one proselyte ; and when he is 
made, ye make him two-fold more the child of hell than your- 
selves. 16 Wo unto you, ye blind guides 1 which say, Who- 
soever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing ; but whosoever 
shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor. 17 Ye 
fools, and blind ! for whether is greater, the gold, or the tem- 
ple that sanctifieth the gold ? 23 Wo unto you, scribes and 
Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye pay tithe of mint, and anise, and 
cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, 
judgment, mercy, and faith : these ought ye to have done, 
and not to leave the other undone. 24 Ye blind guides, 
which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel. 27 Wo unto 
you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye are hke unto 
whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but 
are within full of dead men's \)ones, and of all uncleanness. 
28 Even so ye also outwardly appp.ar righteous unto men, but 
within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. 33 Ye serpents, 
ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of 
hell? 

Lk. 6 : 26 Wo unto you, when all men shall speak well of 
you ! for so did their fathers to the false prophets. 

11 : 52 Wo unto you, lawyers ! for ye have taken away the 
key of knowledge : ye entered not in yourselves, and them 
that were entering in ye hindered. 

2 Pet. 2 : 3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned 
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Divinely appointed— Called for— Encouraged. 



words make merchandise of you : whose judgment now of a 
long time Hngereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not. 

MISSIONS. 

417. Missions divinely appointed. 

Mat. 28 : 19 Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing 
them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the 
Holy Ghost ; 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatso- 
ever 1 have commanded you : and lo, I am with you always, 
even unto the end of the world. 

Mk. 16 : 15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, 
and preach the gospel to every creature. 

Ac. 26 : 16 But rise, and stand upon thy feet : for I have ap- 
peared unto thee for this purpose to make thee a minister and 
a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of 
those things in the which I will appear ujj^to thee : 17 Deliver- 
ing thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom 
now I send thee, 18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from 
darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that 
they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among 
them which are sanctified by faith that is in me. 

Rom. 10 : 14 How then shall they call on him in whom they 
have not believed ? and how shall they believe in him of whom 
they have not heard ? and how shall they hear without a 
preacher? 15 And how shall they preach, except they be 
sent ? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that 
preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good 
things ! [See 364 and 412.] 

418. Missions called for by the character, condition, and, pros- 
pects of the heathen. 

Pb. 9 : 17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the 
nations that forget God. 

74 : 20 Have respect unto the covenant : for the dark places 
of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty. 

Rom. 2 : 12 For as many as have sinned without law, shall 
also perish without law : and as many as have sinned in the 
law, shall be judged by the law. 

[See Idolatry and Heathenism, 330.] 

419. Encouragement of missions. 

Ps. 110 : 3 Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy 

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420 



MODESTY. 



Required. 



power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morn- 
ing : thou hast the dew of thy youth. 

Joel 2 : 28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will 
pour out my Spirit upon all flesh ; and your sons and your 
daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, 
your young men shall see visions : 29 And also upon the ser- 
vants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out 
my Spirit. 

Mat. 9 : 37 Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest 
truly is plenteous, but the laborers are few. 38 Pray ye there- 
fore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth laborers 
into his harvest. [See 81, and 387.] 

MODESTY. 

420. Modesty and lowliness required. 

Pr. 25 : 6 Put not %rth thyself in the presence of the king, 
and stand not in the place of great men ; 7 For better it is 
that it be said unto thee. Come up hither; than that thou 
shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom 
thine eyes have seen. 

Mat. 11 : 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me : for 
I am meek and lowly in heart ; and ye shall find rest unto 
your souls. 

20 : 26 But it shall not be so among you : but whosoever will 
be great among you, let him be your minister ; 27 And who- 
soever will be chief among you, let him be your servant. 

Rom. 12 : 3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to 
every man that is among you, not to think of himself more 
highly than he ought to think ; but to think soberly, according 
as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. 10 Be 
kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love j in honor 
preferring one another. 

1 Cor. 13:4 Charity sufFereth long, and is kind ; charity en- 
vieth not ; charity vaunteth not itself, is not pufied up. 

Ep.4: 1 1 therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that 
ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, 
2 With all lowhness and meekness, with long-suffering, for- 
bearing one another in love. 

Ph. 2 : 3 Let nothing he done through strife or vain glory ; 
but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than 
themselves. [See 53.] 
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MODESTY — OSTENTATION AND BOASTING. 421, 422 
Modesty in good Works— Ostentation and Boasting forbidden. 



421. Modesty in good works. 

Mat. 6 : 1 Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, 
to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your 
Father which is in heaven. 2 Therefore, when thou doest 
thine aims, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypo- 
crites do, in the synagogues, and in the streets, that they may 
have glory of men. Verily, I say unto you, They have their 
reward. 3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand 
know what thy right hand doeth ; 4 That thine alms may be 
in secret : and thy Father which seeth in secret, himself shall 
reward thee openly. 

OSTENTATION AND BOASTING. 

422. Ostentation and boasting forbidden. 

Ps. 39 : 6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew : surely 
Ihey are disquieted in vain. 

Mat. 6 : 5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the 
hypocrites are : for they love to pray standing in the syna- 
gogues, and in the corners of the streets, that they may be 
seen of men. Verily, I say unto you. They have their reward. 
6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when 
thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; 
and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly. 
16 Moreover, when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, of a sad 
countenance : for they disfigure their faces, that they may ap- 
pear unto men to fast. Verily, I say unto you. They have 
their reward. 17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thy head, 
and wash thy face ; 18 That thou appear not unto men, to 
fast, but unto thy Father, which is in secret : and thy Father 
which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly. 

23 : 5 But all their works they do for to be seen of men : they 
make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their 
garments, 6 And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the 
chief seats in the synagogues, 7 And greetings in the markets, 
and to be called of men. Rabbi, Rabbi. 8 But be not ye called 
Rabbi : for one is your Master, even Christ ; and all ye are 
brethren. 

Lk. 18 : 9 And he spake this parable unto certain which 
trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised 
others : 10 Two men went up into the temple to pray ; the 
one a Pharisee, and the other a publican, 11 The Pharisee 

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423, 424 PARENTS DUTIES OF. 

To instruct and govern — ^To correct. 

stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I 
am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or 
even as this pubhcan. 12 I fast twice in the week, I give 
tithes of all that I possess. 

Gal. 5 : 26 Let us not be desirous of vain-glory, provoking 
one another, envying one another. 

Ph. 2 : 3 Let nothing he done through strife or vain glory ; 
but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than 
themselves. [See Pride, 466.] 

PARENTS— DUTIES OF. 

423. To instruct and govern their children. 

Ex. 10 : 2 And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, 
and of thy son's son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, 
and my signs which I have done among them ; that ye may 
know how that 1 am the Lord. 

Dt. 6 : 6 And these words which I command thee this day, 
shall be in thine heart: 7 And thou shalt teach them dil- 
igently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou 
sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and 
when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. 8 And thou 
shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall 
be as frontlets between thine eyes. 9 And thou shalt write 
them upon the posts of thine house, and on thy gates. 

Dt. 11 : 18—21. 

32 : 46 And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the 
words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall 
command your children to observe to do, all the words of this 
law. 

Pr. 22 : 6 Train up a child in the way he should go : and 
when he is old, he will not depart from it. 

Is. 28 : 9 Whom shall he teach knowledge 1 and whom shall 
he make to understand doctrine ? them that are weaned from 
the milk, and drawn from the breasts. 

Ep. 6 : 4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to 
wrath : but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of 
the Lord. 

424. To correct them for their disobedience. 

Pr. 10 : 13 In the lips of him that hath understanding wis- 
dom is found : but a rod is for the back of him that is void of 

understanding. 
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PARENTS DUTIES OF. 425 426 



To provide— Parental Faithfulness. 



13 : 24 He that spareth his rod hateth his son : but he that 
loveth him chasteneth him betimes. 
. 19 : 18 Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy 
w- soul spare for his crying. 

22 : 15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child ; but the 
rod of correction shall drive it far from him. 

23 : 13 Withhold not correction from the child : for if thou 
beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. 14 Thou shalt 
beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell. 

26 : 3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for 
the fool's back. 

29 : 15 The rod and reproof give wisdom : but a child left 
to himself hringeth his mother to shame. 17 Correct thy son, 
and he shall give thee rest ; yea, he shall give delight unto thy 
soul. 

Heb. 12 : 9 Furthermore, we have had fathers of our flesh 
which corrected us, and we gave them reverence : shall we not 
much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and 
live ? 

425. To provide for their children. 

2 Cor. 12 : 14 Behold, the third time I am ready to come to 
you ; and I will not be burdensome to you : for I seek not 
yours, but you. For the children ought not to lay up for the 
parents, but the parents for the children. 

1 Tim. 5 : 8 But if any provide not for his own, and espe- 
cially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and 
is worse than an infidel. 

426. Result of parental faithfulness. 

Gen. 17 : 7 And I will estabhsh my covenant between me 
and thee, and thy seed after thee, in their generations, for an 
everlasting covenant ; to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed 
after thee. 

18 : 19 For I know him, that he will command his children 
and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of 
the Lord, to do justice and judgment ; that the Lord may 
bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him. 

Ps. 37 : 26 He is ever merciful, and lendeth, and his seed is 
blessed. 

B 102:28 The children of thy servants shaU continue, and 
their seed shall be estabhshed before thee. 

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427 PARENTS DUTIES OP. 

Parental Unfaithfulness. 

Ps. 103 : 17 But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to 
everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto 
children's children ; 18 To such as keep his covenant, and to 
those that remember his commandments to do them. 

Pr. 20 : 7 The just man walketh in his integrity : his children 
are blessed after him. 

22 : 6 Train up a child in the way he should go : and when 
he is old, he will not depart from it. 

2 Tim. 1 : 5 When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith 
that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and 
thy mother Eunice ; and I am persuaded that in thee also. 

427. Result of parental neglect and unfaithfulness. 

Ex. 20 : 5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor 
serve them : for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visit- 
ing the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third 
and fourth generation of them that hate me ; 6 And shewing 
mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my 
commandments. Jer. 32 : 18. 

Num. 14 : 33 And your children shall wander in the wilder- 
ness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your car- 
casses be wasted in the wilderness. 

1 S. 3 : 13 For I have told him, that I will judge his house 
for ever, for the iniquity which he knoweth : because his sons 
made themselves vile, and he restrained them not. 1 K. 21 : 21. 

1 K. 16 : 3 Behold, I will take away the posterity of Baasha, 
and the posterity of his house ; and will make thy house like 
the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat. 

Job 17 : 5 He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the 
eyes of his children shall fail. 

21 : 17 How oft is the candle of the wicked put out ? and how 
oft Cometh their destruction upon them ? God distributeth sor- 
rows in his anger. 18 They are as stubble before the wind, 
and as chaff that the storm carrieth away. 19 God layeth up 
his iniquity for his children : he rewardeth him, and he shall 
know it. 

Is. 14 : 21 Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity 
of their fathers ; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor 
fill the face of the world with cities. 

Hos. 4 : 6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge : 
because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, 
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PATIENCE. 428 



Required. 



that thou shalt be no priest to me : seeing thou hast forgotten 
the law of thy God, I wiH also forget thy children. 

PATIENCE. 

428. Patience required. 

Ps. 37 : 1 Fret not thyself because of evil doers, neither be 
thou envious against the vvrorkers of iniquity. 7 Rest in the 
Lord, and wait patiently for him : fret not thyself because of 
him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bring- 
eth wicked devices to pass. 

Lk. 21 : 19 In your patience possess ye your souls. 

Rom. 2:7 To them who by patient continuance in well-do- 
nig, seek for glory, and honor, and immortality ; eternal life. 

12:12 Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation : continuing 
instant in prayer. 

2 Cor. 6 : 4 But in all things approving ourselves as the min- 
isters of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in 
distresses, 5 In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, 
in watchings, in fastings. 

1 Th. 5 : 14 Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that 
are unruly, comfort the feeble-minded, support the weak, be 
patient toward all men. 

Heb. 6 : 12 That ye be not slothful, but followers of them 
who through faith and patience inherit the promises. 

10 : 36 For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done 
the will of God, ye might receive the promise. 

12 : 1 Wherefore, seeing we also are compassed about with 
so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, 
and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with 
patience the race that is set before us, 2 Looking unto Jesus 
the author and finisher of our faith. 

Jam. 1 : 4 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye 
may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. 

5 : 7 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the 
Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit 
of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the 
early and latter rain. 8 Be ye also patient ; establish your 
hearts : for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh. 10 Take, 
mj brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of 
th Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience. 
L Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have 

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429 PEACE. 

Required, encouraged, and exemplified. 



heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the 
Lord ; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy. 

1 Pet. 2 : 20 For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for 
your faults, ye shall take it patiently ? but if, when ye do well, 
and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with 
God. 

2 Pet. 1 : 5 And besides this, giving all diligence, add to 
your faith, virtue ; and to virtue, knowledge ; 6 And to knowl- 
edge, temperance ; and to temperance, patience. 

[See 196, 386, 429, 597—9.] 

PEACE. 

429. A peaceable, mild, and gentle spirit required, encouraged, 
and exemplijied. 

Ps. 34 : 14 Depart from evil, and do good j seek peace, and 
pursue it. 

Pr. 15:1 A soft answer turneth away wrath : but grievous 

words stir up anger. 

Jer. 29 : 7 And seek the peace of the city whither I have 
caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the 
Lord for it : for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace. 

Zee. 8 : 19 Love the truth and peace. 

Mat. 5 : 9 Blessed are the peace-makers ; for they shall be 
called the children of God. 

Rom. 12 : 10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with broth, 
erly love ; in honor preferring one another ; 18 If it be possi- 
ble, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men. 

14 : 19 Let us therefore follow after the things which make 
for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another. 

1 Cor. 7 : 15 God hath called us to peace. 

2 Cor. 13 : 11 Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of 
good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace : and the God of 
love and peace shall be with you. 

Gal. 5 : 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long- 
suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temper- 
ance : against such there is no law. 

Ep. 4:11 therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you 
that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, 
2 With all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, for- 
bearing one another in love ; 3 Endeavoring to keep the unity 
of tlie Spirit in the bond of peace. 32 And be ye kind one to 
380 



PEACE PERFECTION. 430, 431 

False Peace-makers. — ^Perfection required. 

another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God 
for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. 

Ph. 2 : 14 Do all things without murmurings and dispu- 
tings : 15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of 
God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse 
nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world. 

Col. 3 : 8 But now ye also put off all these ; anger, wrath, 
blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. 15 And 
let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye 
are called in one body ; and be ye thankful. 

1 Th. 2:7 But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse 
cherisheth her children. 

5 : 13 And be at peace among yourselves. 

2 Tim, 2 : 24 And the servant of the Lord must not strive ; 
but be gentle unto all men^ apt to teach, patient ; 25 In meek- 
ness instructing those that oppose themselves. 

Heb. 12 : 14 Follow peace with all mew, and holiness, with- 
out which no man shall see the Lord. 

Jam. 3 : 17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, 
then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy 
and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. 

1 Pet. 3 : 10 For he that will love life, and see good days, 
let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak 
no guile: 11 Let him eschew evil, and do good : let him seek 
peace, and ensue it. [See 196, 198, 386, 428, 546, and 597—9.] 

430. False peace-makers. 

Jer. 6:14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of 
my people slightly, saying. Peace, peace ; when there is no 
peace. 

Ezk. 13 : 10 Because, even because they have seduced my 
people, saying, Peace ; and there was no peace ; and one built 
up a wall, and lo, others daubed it with untempered mortar : 
1 1 Say unto them which daub it with untempered mortar, that 
it shall fall : there shall be an overflowing shower ; and ye, O 
great hailstones, shall fall ; and a stormy wind shall rend it. 

PERFECTION. 

431. Constant moral perfection required. 

Mat. 5 : 48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father 
which is in heaven is perfect. 

2 Cor. 7 : 1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, 

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432, 433 PERFECTION. 



Saints called perfect — Saints' Perfection. 



let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, 
perfecting holiness in the fear of God. 

1 Pet. 2:21 For even hereunto were ye called: because 
Christ also suff'ered for us, leaving us an example, that ye 
should follow his steps : 22 Who did no sin. neither was guile 
found in his mouth. [See 264.] 

432. TTie appellation^ perfect^ applied to saints. 

Gen. 6 : 9 These are the generations of Noah : Noah was a 
just man, and perfect in his generations, and Noah wedked with 
God. 

Job 1 : 1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name 
was Job ; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that 
feared God, and eschewed evil. 8 And the Lord said unto 
Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none 
like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that 
feareth God, and escheweth evil ? Job 2 : 3. 

Ps. 37 : 37 Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright : 
for the end of that man is peace. 

Pr. 2 : 21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the 
perfect shall remain in it. 

11 : 5 The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way : 
but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness. 

1 Cor. 2 : 6 Howbeit, we speak wisdom among them that are 
perfect : yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes 
of this world, that come to nought. 

Ph. 3 : 15 Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus 
minded : and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God 
shall reveal even this unto you. 

433. Saints^ perfection an object of divine complacericy. 
Gen. 5 : 24 And Enoch walked with God, and he was not : 

for God took him. 

Jos. 14 : 14 Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Ca- 
leb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this day ; because 
that he wholly followed the Lord God of Israel. 

2 K. 20 : 3 I beseech thee, O Lord, remember now how I 
have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and 
have done that which is good in thy sight And Hezekiah 
wept sore. 

Ps. 11 : 7 For the righteous Lord loveth righteousness ; his 
countenance doth behold the upright. 
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PERFECTION. 433 



Saints' Perfection. 



45:13 The King's daughter is all glorious within: her 
clothing is of wrought gold. 

119: 1 Blessed are the iindefiled in the way, who walk in 
the law of the Lord. 2 Blessed are they that keep his testi- 
monies, and that seek him with the whole heart. 3 They also 
do no iniquity : they walk in his ways. 

147 : 11 The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in 
those that hope in his mercy. 

Pr. 8 : 17 I love them that love me : and those that seek me 
early shall find me. 

11 : 20 They that are of a froward heart are abomination to 
the Lord : but such as are upright in their way are his delight. 

Is. 43 : 4 Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast 
been honorable, and I have loved thee : therefore will I give 
men for thee, and people for thy life. 

Zep. 3 : 17 The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is 
iiiighty ; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he 
will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing. 

Mai. 3 : 16 Then they that feared the Lord spake often one 
to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard lY.- and a 
book of remembrance was written before him for them that 
feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name. 17 And 
they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I 
make up my jewels ; and I will spare them, as a man spareth 
his own son that serveth him. 

Jn. 13 : 34 A new commandment I give unto you. That ye 
love one another ; as I have loved you, that ye also love one 
another. 

15 : 9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you : 
continue ye in my love. 15 Henceforth I call you not ser- 
vants ; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth : but I 
have called you friends ; for all things that I have heard of my 
Father, I have made known unto you. 

16 : 27 For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have 
loved me, and have believed that I came out from God. 

Ac. 23 : 1 And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said. 
Men and brethren, I have hved in all good conscience before 
God until this day. 2 Cor. 1 : 12. 

Rom. 13:8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another : 
for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. 10 Love 

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434 PERFECTION. 

Millennial Perfection. 



worketh no ill to his neighbor: therefore love is the fulfilling 
of the law. 

Gal. 2 : 20 1 am crucified with Christ : nevertheless, 1 live ; 
yet not I, but Christ liveth in me : and the Hfe which I now 
live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God, who 
loved me, and gave himself for me. 

5 : 24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh, 
with the aflections and lusts. 

6 : 14 But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross 
of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto 
me, and I unto the world. 

1 Th. 2 : 10 Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily, and 
justly, and unblamably we behaved ourselves among you that 
believe. 

Tit. 2 : 14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem 
us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, 
zealous of good works. 

1 Jn. 3 : 3 And every man that hath this hope in him puri- 
fieth himself, even as he is pure. 6 Whosoever abideth in him 
sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither 
known him. 9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit 
sin ; for his seed remaineth in him ; and he cannot sin, because 
he is born of God. 

4 : 12 No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one 
another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us. 
17 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have bold- 
ness in the day of judgment ; because as he is, so are we in 
this world. 18 There is no fear in love ; but perfect love cast- 
eth out fear : because fear hath torment. He that feareth, is 
not made perfect in love. 

5:18 We know that whosoever is born of God, sinneth not ; 
but he that is begotten of God, keepeth himself, and that 
wicked one toucheth him not. 

Rev. 19 : 8 And to her was granted that she should be ar- 
rayed in fine linen, clean and white : for the fine linen is the 
righteousness of saints. 

434. Millennial perfection. 

Dt. 30 : 6 And the Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart, 
and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with all 
thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live. 
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PERFECTION. 435 



Connected with Imperfection. 



Jer. 31 : 33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make 
with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I 
will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their 
hearts ; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. 

32 : 39 And I will give them one heart and onie way, that 
they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their 
children after them : 40 And I will make an everlasting cove- 
nant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do 
them good ; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they 
shall not depart from me. 

50 : 20 In those days, and in that time, saith the Lord, the 
iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall he none ; 
and the sins o^ Judah, and they shall not be found : for I will 
pardon them whom I reserve. [See 388.] 

435. Saints' perfection connected with moral imperfection. 

2 Ch. 6 : 36 If they sin against thee, (for there is no man 
which sinneth not) and thou be angry with them, and deliver 
them over before their enemies, and they carry them away cap- 
tives unto a land far off or near. 

Job 9 : 20 If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn 
me : If I say ^ I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse. 

40 : 4 Behold, I am vile ; what shall I answer thee ? I will 
lay my hand upon my mouth. 

42 : 5 I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear : but 
now mine eye seeth thee : 6 Wherefore I abhor myself and re- 
pent in dust and ashes. 

Ps. 19 : 12 Who can understand his errors ? cleanse thou me 
from secret faults. 13 Keep back thy servant also from pre- 
sumptuous sins ; let them not have dominion over me : then 
shall I be uprignt, and I shall be innocent from the great trans- 
gression. 

38 : 4 For mine iniquities are gone over mine head : as an 
heavy burden they are too heavy for me. 5 My wounds stink, 
and are corrupt because of my foolishness. 6 — 8. 

51 : 11 Cast me not away from thy presence ; and take not 
thy Holy Spirit from me. 12 Restore unto me the joy of thy 
salvation ; and uphold me with thy free Spirit. 13 Then will 
I teach transgressors thy ways ; and sinners shall be converted 
unto thee. 

119:36 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to 

33 385 



436 PERFECTION. 



Connected with Afflictions. 



covetousness. 37 Turn away mine eyes from beholding 
vanity ; and quicken thou me in thy way. 96 I have seen an 
end of all perfection : hut thy commandment is exceeding 
broad. 

Pr. 20 : 9 Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am 
pure from my sin ? 

Ec. 7 : 20 For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth 
good, and sinneth not. 

Is. 6:5 Then said I, Wo is me ! for I am undone ; because 
I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a peo- 
ple of unclean lips : for mine eyes have seen the King, the 
Lord of hosts. 

Mat. 6 : 12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our 
debtors. 

Rom. 7: 14 For we know that the law is spiritual: but I 
am carnal, sold under sin. 15 For that which I do, 1 allow 
not : for what I would, that do I not ; but what I hate, that 
do I. [Verses 16—25.] 

Gal. 5 : 17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the 
Spirit against the flesh : and these are contrary the one to the 
other ; so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. 

Ph. 3 : 12 Not as though I had already attained, either were 
already perfect : but I follow after, if that I may apprehend 
that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. 

Jam. 3 : 2 For in many things we offend all. If any man 
offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to 
bridle the whole body. 

1 Jn. 1 : 8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive our- 
selves, and the truth is not in us. 

436. Saints^ perfection connected loith afflictions and chas- 
tisem&nts. 

Pr. 3 : 11 : My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord ; 
neither be weary of his correction : 12 For whom the Lord 
loveth he correcteth ; even as a father the son in 'whom he de- 
•lighteth. 

V.| Rom. 8 : 17 And if children, then heirs : heirs of God, and 
j^int-heirs with Christ ; if so be that we suffer with him, that 
we may be also glorified together. 

Heb. 12 : 5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which 
•pealceth imto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou 
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PERFECTION. 437^ 435 



Connected with Afflictions— Self-deceived Perfectionists. 



the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked 
of him : 6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and 
scourge th every son whom he receiveth. 7 If ye endure 
chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons : for what son 
is he whom the father chasteneth not ? 8 But if ye be without 
chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards 
and not sons. ' 

Rev. 3 : 19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten : be 
zealous therefore, and repent. 

437. Would God afflict his people, had they attained permanent 
moral perfection ? 

Job 36 : 8 And if they be bound in fetters, aJid be holden in 
cords of affliction ; 9 Then he sheweth them their work, and 
their transgressions that they have exceeded. 

Is. 27 : 7 Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote 
him ? or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that 
are slain by him ? 8 In measure, ivhen it shooteth forth, thou 
wilt debate with it : he stayeth his rough wind in the day of 
the east wind. 9 By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob 
be purged ; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin ; 
when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalk-stones 
that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not 
stand up. 

48: 10 Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I 
have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. 

Lam. 3:32 But though he cause grief, yet will he have 
compassion according to the multitude of his mercies. 33 For 
he doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men. 

Heb. 12 : 10 For they verily for a few days chastened vs 
after their own pleasure : but he for oitr profit, that we might 
be partakers of his holiness. 

438. Self-deceived perfectionists. 

Pr. 30 : 12 TViere is a generation that are pure in their own 
eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness. 

Mat. 1 9 : 20 The young man saith unto him. All these things 
have I kept from my youth up : what lack I yet ? 21 Jesus 
said unto him. If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou 
hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in 
heaven : and come and follow me. 22 But when the young 

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439 PERSECUTION. 



Persecution for Righteousness' sake. 



man heard that saymg, he went away sorrowful : for he had 
great possessions. 

PERSECUTION. 

439. Persecution and reproach for righteousness' sake. 

Neh. 4 : 4 Hear, O our God ; for we are despised : and turn 
their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey 
in the land of captivity. 

Job 16 : 10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth ; 
they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully ; they 
have gathered themselves together against me. 

Ps. 14 : 4 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge ? 
who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon 
the Lord. 

22 : 6 But I am a worm, and no man ; a reproach of men, 
and despised of the people. 7 All they that see me laugh me 
to scorn : they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying^ 
8 He trusted on the Lord that he would deliver him : let him 
deliver him, seeing he delighted in him. 

31 : 11 I was a reproach among ail mine enemies, but espe- 
cially among my neighbors, and a fear to mine acquaintance : 
they that did see me without fled from me. 13 For I have 
heard the slander of many : fear was on every side : while 
they look counsel together against me, they devised to take 
away my life. 

42 : 10 As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach 
me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God ? 
44 : 22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long ; we 
are counted as sheep for the slaughter. 

64 : 2 Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked ; from 
the insurrection of the workers of iniquity: 3 Who whet their 
tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, 
even bitter words : 4 That they may shoot in secret at the 
perfect : suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not. 

69 : 4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the 
hairs of mine head : they that would destroy me, being mine 
enemies wrongfully, are mighty : then I restored that v/hich 1 
took not away. 7 Because for thy sake I have borne reproach : 
shame hath covered my face. 8 I am become a stranger unto 
my brethren, and an aUen unto my mother's children. 9 For 
the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up ; and the reproaches 
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The Persecuted rewarded— Persecutors humbled. 



of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me. 10 When 1 
wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my re- 
proach. 19 Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame 
and my dishonor: mine adversaries are all before thee! 
20 Reproach hath broken my heart ; and I am full of heavi- 
ness : and I looked /or some to take pity, but there was none j 
and for comforters, but I found none. 

79 : 4 We are become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn 
and derision to them that are round about us. 

89 : 50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants ; how 
I do bear in my bosom the reproach (/all the mighty people; 
51 Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O Lord ; where- 
with they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed. 

102 : 8 Mine enemies reproach me all the day ; and they 
that are mad against me are sworn against me. 

Dan. 7 : 25 And he shall speak great words against the 
Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High 
and think to change times and laws : and they shall be given 
mto his hand until a time and times and the dividing of Sme. 
Jn. 10 : 20 And many of them said, He [Christ] hath a 
devil, and is mad ; why hear ye him ? 

Ac. 26 : 24 And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said 
with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself j much learn- 
mg doth make thee mad. 

Heb. 11:36 And others had trial of cruel mockincrg and 
scourgmgs, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment: 
37 They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted 
were slain with the sword : they wandered about in sheep- 
skms and goat-skins ; being destitute, afflicted, tormented ; 
ja (Ul whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in 
deserts, and m mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth. 
Rev 7 : 14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And 
he said to me. These are they which came out of great tribu- 
ation and have washed their robes, and made them white in 
the blood of the Lamb. [See 59, and 408.] 

440. God will reward the persecuted, and humble their perse- 
cutors before him and them. 

Ps. 37 : 12 The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnash- 
eth upon him with his teeth. 13 The Lord shall laugh at 
him : for he seeth that his day is coming. 14 The wicked 

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440 PERSECUTION, 



The Persecuted rewarded— Persecutors humbled. 



have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast 
down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright 
conversation. 15 Their sword shall enter into their own 
heart, and their bows shall be broken. 

Ps. 47 : 3 He shall subdue the people under us, and the na- 
tions under our feet. 

Is. 41 : 11 Behold, all they that were incensed against thee 
shall be ashamed and confounded : they shall be as nothing ; 
and they that strive with thee shall perish. 12. 

51 : 7 Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the 
people in whose heart is my law ; fear ye not the reproach of 
men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings. 8 For the moth 
shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them 
like wool : but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my sal- 
vation from generation to generation. 

54 : 17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper ; 
and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou 
shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the 
Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord. 

60 : 14 The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come 
bending unto thee : and all they that despised thee shall bow 
themselves down at the soles of thy feet ; and they shall call 
thee. The city of the Lord, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel. 
66 : 5 Hear the word of the Lord, ye that tremble at his 
word ; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my 
name's sake, said. Let the Lord be glorified : but he shall ap- 
pear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed. 

Jer. 20 : 11 But the Lord is with me as a mighty terrible 
one : therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall 
not prevail ; they shall be greatly ashamed ; for they shall not 
prosper : their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten. 

Mic. 7:91 will bear the indignation of the Lord, because 
I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and exe- 
cute judgment for me : he will bring me forth to the light, and 
I shall behold his righteousness. 10 Then she that is mine 
enemy shall see it^ and shame shall cover her which said unto 
me, Where is the Lord thy God ? mine eyes shall behold her : 
now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets. 

Mai. 4 : 2 But unto you that fear my name, shall the Sun 
of righteousness arise with healing in his wings ; and ye shall 
go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall. 3 And ye shall 
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The Persecuted rewarded— Perescutors humbled. 



tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles 
of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the Lord of 
hosts. 

Mat. 5 : 10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for right- 
eousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11 Bless- 
ed are ye when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and 
shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. 
12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad : for great is your reward 
in heaven : for so persecuted they the prophets which were 
before you. 

Rom. 8 : 17 And if children, then heirs : heirs of God, and 
joint-heirs with Christ ; if so be that we suffer with hirriy that 
we may be also glorified together. 18 For I reckon, that the 
sufferings of this present time are not worthy to he compared 
with the glory which shall be revealed in us. 
_ 16 : 20 And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your 
ieet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. 

2 Th. 1 : 4 So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches 
of God, for your patience and faith in all your persecutions 
and tribulations that ye endure : 5 Wtiich is a manifest token 
of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted 
worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suff'er: 
6 Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense trib- 
ulation to them that trouble you; 7 And to you, who are troub- 
led, rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from 
heaven with his mighty angels, 8 In flaming fire taking ven- 
geance on them that know not God, and that obey not the 
gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: 9 Who shall be punished 
with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, 
and from the glory of his power; 10 When he shall come to 
be glorified in his saints. 

2 Tim. 2 : 12 If we suffer, we shall also reign with him : {£ 
we deny him, he also will deny us. 

1 Pet. 4 : 12 Beloved, think it not strange, concerning the 
fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing 
happened unto you : 13 But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are pa^ 
takers of Christ's sufferings ; that, when his glory shall be re- 
vealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. 14 If ye be 
reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the Spirit 
of glory and of God resteth upon you. On their part he is evil 
spoken of, but on your part he is glorified. 

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441 PERSEVERANCE, 

Duty and Necessity of. 



Rev. 3 : 9 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of 
Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie ; be- 
hold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, 
and to know that I have loved thee. 

18 : 20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles 
and prophets j for God hath avenged you on her, 

19 : 3 And again they said. Alleluia. And her smoke rose 
up for ever and ever. [See 77, 78, and 466.] 

PERSEVERANCE. 

441. Duty and necessity of zealous and watchful perseverance 
in holiness. 

Ezk. 18 : 24 But when the righteous turneth away from his 
righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according 
to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he 
live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be 
mentioned : in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his 
Bin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die. 

33 : 13 When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely 
live ; if h^ trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, 
all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered ; but for his 
iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it. 

Mat. 10 : 22 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's 
sake : but he that endureth to the end shall be saved. 

[Mat. 24 : 13.] 

Jn. 15 : 6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a 
branch, and is withered ; and men gather them, and cast them 
into the fire, and they are burned. 

Rom. 2 : 6 Who will render to every man according to his 
deeds : 7 To them who by patient continuance in well-doing, 
seek for glory, and honor, and immortality ; eternal life. 

1 Cor. 9 : 27 But I keep under my body, and bring it into 
subjection : lest that by any means when I have preached to 
others, I myself should be a cast-away. 

10 : 12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth, take 
heed lest he fall. 

2 Cor. 6 : 1 We then, as workers together witJi him, beseech 
you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain. 

Col. 1 : 23 If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, 
and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye 
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P ERSEVERANCE. 4^2 

Seem ed to the Regenerate. 

have heard, and which was preached to every creature which 
IS under heaven ; whereof I Paul am made a minister. 

Heb. 3 : 6 But Christ as a Son over his own house : whose 
house are we if we hold fast the confidence, and the rejoicing 
of the hope firm unto the end. 12 Take heed, brethren, lest 
there be in any of you an evil heart of unbdief in departino- 
from the living God. 13 But exhort one another daily, while 
It IS called To-day; lest any of you be hardened througrthe 
deceitfulness of sm. 14 For we are made partakers of Christ, 
^f we hold the begmning of our confidence steadfast unto the 

4:1 Let us therefore fear, lest a promise being left m of en- 
ering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it 
11 Let us labor therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man 
fall after the same example of unbehef. 

fnir«f ^ '' ^^ '^}}^'^^^'^ '^^ rather, brethren, give diligence 
to make your calling and election sure: for if ye dolhe^e 
things, ye shall never fall. ^ ^ 

fpr^^R V n 5^^' ""T °^ '^°'^ ^^^"^' ^^^'^h thou Shalt suf. 
ler. Behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that 
ye may be tried ; and ye shall have tribulation ten days Be 

TuT^f.T '''^''.^"' ' '''' ^'^' ^^- ^ crown^of li7e 
th.^h h t^"" f '' ^'' ^'"^ ^''''' ^^^^^ '^^ SP'"t saith unto 
the churches; He that overcometh, shall not be hurt of the 
second death. 17 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the 
Spin saith unto the churches : To him that overcometh wiH I 

fnd in T . " ''^'''" "'"""' ""^ ^^^^^ ^^- ^'^ - ^^ite stone, 
saving hl'thlT' ^ "'V' ^""'"' ''^''^ "« "^^^ k^-w^th 
TZZ°fU T^'""^'^ ''■ ^^ ^"^ ^^ ^h^t overcometh, and 

keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over 
he nations : 27 (And he shall rule them with I rod'^f ironTas 
the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers:) even 
as 1 received of my Father. 

J^^l'^^!^V^^^ overcometh shall inherit all things; and I 
will be his God, and he shall be my son ^ ^ " ^ 

[Rev. 3:5, 12: 21, and 2 : 7.J 

J^^' Pf^^^^^<^^ secured to the regenerate by the promise 
of God, tlie intercession of Christ, and the sealing of the Spirit, 

J^l ^V ^ ^^^ righteous also shall hold on his way, and he 
that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger. 

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^42 PERSEVERANCE. 



Secured to the Regenerate. 



Ps 37 • 23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the 
Lord : and he dehghteth in his way. 24 Though he fall he 
Bhall not be utterly cast down : for the Lord upholdeth Am 

'With his hand. 

89 • 30 If his children forsake my law, and walk not m my 
iudgments ; 31 If they break my statutes, and keep not my 
commandments ; 32 Then will I visit their transgression with 
the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. 33 Nevertheless, my 
loving-kindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my 
faithfulness to fail. 34 My covenant will I not break, nor 
alter the thing that is gone out of my hps. 35 Once have I 
sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David 36 His 
Beed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me. 
37 It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a taitti- 

ful witness in heaven. u* +ua+ 

Pr. 4 : 18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that 
shineth more and more unto the perfect day. 

Is 54 • 10 For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be 
removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee neither 
shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the Lord 
that hath mercy on thee. 

55: 3 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your 
soul shall Uve : and I will make an everlasting covenant with 
vou, even the sure mercies of David. 

J^r 32 : 40 And I will make an everlasting covenant with 
them 'that I will not turn away from them, to do them good ; 
lut I will pnrmy fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart 

^"'24-24 For there shall arise false Christs, and ialse 
prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders ; insomuch 
that if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. 

Jn 3 16 For God .0 loved the world, that he gave his only 
be^o'tten Son, that whosoever believeth in him, should not 
peSh but ha;e everlasting life. 36 He that believeth on the 
Ion hkth everlasting life: and he ^i^^^ believeth not the Son, 
shall not see life ; but the wrath of God abideth on him. 

5 24 Verily, verily, I say unto you. He that heareth my 
word, and belLeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting ife^ 
Tnd shall not come into condemnation ; but is passed from 

'Tfsrlnd^his is the Father's will which hath «entme, that 
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PERSEVERANCE. • ^^^ 

Secu red to the Regenerate! ~ ~ 

of all which he hath given me, I should lose nothing, but shouM 
raise it up again at the last day. 40 And this is the will o*" 
him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and be- 
lieveth on him, may have everlasting life : and I will raise him 
up at the last day. 47 Verily, verily, I say unto you. He that 
beheveth on me hath everlasting life. 51 I am the living 
bread which came down from heaven : if any man eat of this 
bread, he shall live for ever : and the bread that I will give is 
my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. 54 Whoso 
eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal hfe ; and 

1 will raise him up at the last day. 

10 : 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they 
follow me : 28 And I give unto them eternal life ; and they 
shall never perish, neither shall any pluck them out of mv 
hand. 29 My Father, which gave thevi me, is greater than 
all ; and none is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand 

Rom. 8 : 30 Whom he did predestinate, them he also called : 
and whom he called, them he also justified : and whom he jus- 
tified, them he also glorified. 38 For I am persuaded that 
neither death, nor hfe, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, 
nor things present, nor things to come, 39 Nor height, nor depth 
nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the 
love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. 

1 Cor. 10: 13 There hath no temptation taken you but such 
as is common to man : but God is faiihRil, who will not suffer 
you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the 
temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to 
bear it. 

Ph. 1 : 6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which 
hath begun a good work in you, will perform it until the day 
of Jesus Christ. 

Heb. 6 : 19 Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul 
both sure and steadfast, and which enterelh into that within 
the vail. 

2 Th. 2 : 14 Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the 
obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

2 Tim. 4 : 18 And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil 
work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom ; to 
whom be glory for ever and ever. 

Heb. 13 : 5 Let your conversation be without covetousness ; 
aiid be content with such things as ye have : for he hath said, 

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442 ' PERSEVERANCE. 



Secured to the Regenerate, 



I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. 6 So that we may 
boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what 
man shall do unto me. 

\ Pet. 1 : 3 Blessed Oe the God and Father of our Lord 
Jesus Christ, which, according to his abundant mercy, hath 
begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of 
Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 To an inheritance incorruptible, 
and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven 
for you, 5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith 
unto salvation, ready to be revealed in the last time. 9 Re- 
ceiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls. 

Lk. 22 : 31 And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan 
hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat : 
32 But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not : and 
when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren. 

Jn. 17 : 9 I pray for them : I pray not for the world, but for 
them which thou hast given me ; lor they are thine. 10 And 
all mine are thine, and thine are mine ; and I am glorified in 
them. 11 And now I am no more in the world, but these are 
in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through 
thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they 
may be one, as we are. 12 While I was with them in the 
world, I kept them in thy name : those that thou gavest me I 
have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition ; 
that the scripture might be fulfilled. 13 And now come I to 
thee, and these things I speak in the world, that they might 
have my joy fulfilled in themselves. 14 I have given them 
thy word ; and the world hath hated them, because they are 
not of the world, even as I am not of the world. 15 I pray 
not that thou should est take them out of the world, but that 
thou shouldest keep them from the evil. 16 They are not of 
the world, even as I am not of the world. 17 Sanctify them 
through thy truth : thy word is truth. 18 As thou hast sent 
me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the 
world. 19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also 
might be sanctified through the truth. 20 Neither pray I for 
these alone; but for them also which shall believe on me 
through their word: 21 That they all may be one; as thou, 
Father, aii in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in 
us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. 
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POPERY. 443 

Prophesies of. 



* 



a; ^°™' ® '' ^t^ho w he that condemneth ? It is Chri^TSili 

hand ff Go'd V'",' " "^f " ^^'"' "*"' '^ -- at ,1^: Jgh 
hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us 

Sealing of the Spirit. 

wo7d of truth tie ^', .' ''"'''^' '^^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^-^^ the 
Xr fhi. i!^ ^^'^^^ "^^ 5^^^^ salvation: in whom also 
after that ye beheved, ye were sealed with that ^01^8^^^ 
of promise, U Which iq tho ^^ . r- ^ Spirit 

*\. J . vvnicn IS the earnest of our inheritanrp nnfii 

th. rede^pfon of the purchased possession, untorpTair/ 

4: 30 And grieve not the' Holy Snirit nf r^^^ u i. 
are sealed unto the day of redemptfon '' "''^^'^ ^« 

POPERY. 
443. Popery or the Bomish hierarchy predicted. 

of the'first horns plucd op W he ^oTs "d^rtT."- "^^^^ 
horn w«e eves like the evp= Jf ; ^ ''*''°'''' '" *''^ 

great thin J c.7V„^u^? "{"""'' ^""^ a mouth speaking 

fen kings tt stlf ^It ^nd "Z^T^^ ^'"f T "^ ^ 

Most Higtan^d^tif^e^f :::trtrt:^Tr: s-t 

and thmk to change times and laws: and theVsharbe ^ ' 
anto h,s hand until a time and times and the diS^ f ' me" 
26 But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take a« av hf,' 
dommton to consume and to destroy it unto t^e Ind! ^ 



443 POPERY. 

Prophesies of. 



2 Th 2-3 Let no man deceive you by any means : for that 
day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and 
that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition ; 4 mo op- 
poseth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or 
that is worshipped ; so that he, as God, sitteth in the temple of 
God, shewing him seh" that he is God. 5 Remember ye no^ 
that when I was yet with you, I told you these thmgs 1 6 And 
now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed m 
his time. 7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work : 
only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the 
way. 8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the 
Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall de- 
stroy with the brightness of his coming : 9 Even him, whose 
coming is after the working of Satan, with all power, and 
signs, and lying wonders, 10 And with all deceivableness of 
unrighteousness in them that perish ; because they received 
not the love of the truth, that they might be saved 

1 Tim 4 • 1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the 
latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to 
seducino. spirits, and doctrines of devils ; 2 Speaking lies m 
hypocrisy, having their conscience seared with a hot iron ; 
3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain Irom 
meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiv- 
ing of them which believe and know the truth. 

Rev 13- U And I beheld another beast coming up out ot 
the earth, and he had two horns hke a lamb, and he spake as 
a dragon. 12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first 
beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell 
therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was 
healed 13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh 
fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, 
14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means 
of those miracles which he had power to do in the ^ight of 
the beast ; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they 
should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by 
a sword, and did live. 15 And he had power to give life un o 
the imao-e of the beast, that the image of the beast should 
both spe°ak, and cause that as many as would not worship the 
imacre of the beast should be killed. 16 And he causeth all, 
both small and great, rich and poor, free and ^0"^, to receive 
a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads ; 17 And that 
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POPERY. 444 

Its vain Pretence respecting Peter. 



no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the 
name of the beast, or the number of his name. 18 Here is 
wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number 
of the beast: for it is the number of a man j and his number z^ 
Six hundred threescore and six. 

17:1 And there came one of the seven angels which had 
the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come 
hither ; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore 
that sitteth upon many waters ; 2 With whom the kino-s of the 
earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the 
earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication. 

5 bo he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness : and 
I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet-colored beast, full of names 
of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. 4 And the 
woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet-color, and decked 
with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup 
in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornica- 
tion : 5 And upon her forehead was a name written MYS- 
TERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OP 
HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OP THE EARTH 

6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints* 
and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus : and when I saw 
her, I wondered with great admiration. 7 And the angel said 
unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel ? I will tell thee the 
mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her 
which hath the seven heads, and ten horns. 18 And the wo- 
man which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over 
the kings of the earth. 

444. Its vain pretence that Peter was made head of the apos- 
tles, or universal bishop. - ^ 

Mat 16 : 23 But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee 
behind me, Satan ; thou art an offence unto me : for thou sa- 
vorest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men. 

20:2a But Jesus called them unto him, and said. Ye know 
that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them 
and they that are great exercise authority upon them. 26 But 
It shall not be so among you : but whosoever will be great 
among you, let him be your minister; 27 And whosoever will 
be chief among you, let him be your servant: 28 Even as the 
Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, 
and to give his life a ranson for many. 

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444 POPERY. 

Its vain Pretence respecting Peter. 



Mat. 26 : 74 Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I 
know not the man. And immediately the cock crew. 

Lk. 22 : 31 And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan 
hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat : 32 But 
I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not : and when thou 
art converted, strengthen thy brethren. 33 And he said unto 
him. Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both into prison, and to 
death. 34 And he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not 
crow this day, before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou 

knowest me. ' 

Ac. 8 : 14 Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem 
heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent 
unto them Peter and John : 15 Who, when they were come 
down, prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Ghost. 
15 : 6 And the apostles and elders came together for to con- 
sider of this matter. 7 And when there had been much dis- 
puting, Peter rose up and said unto them. Men and brethren, 
ye know how that a good while ago, God made choice among 
us, that the Gentiles, by my mouth, should hear the word of 
the gospel, and believe. 12 Then all the multitude kept si- 
lence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring 
what'miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gen- 
tiles by them. 13 And after they had held their peace, James 
answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me. 
14 Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the 
Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name. 15 And 
to this agree the words of the prophets ; as it is written, 16 Af- 
ter this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of 
David which is fallen down ; and I will build again the ruins 
thereof, and I will set it up : 17 That the residue of men might 
seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name 
is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things. 18 Known 
unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world. 
19 Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which 
from among the Gentiles are turned to God : 20 But that we 
write unto them that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and 
from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood. 

Gal. 2:11 But when Peter was come to Antioch, I with- 
stood him to the face, because he was to be blamed. 12 For, 
before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gen- 
tiles : but when they were come, he withdrew, and separated 
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Dreadful end of Popery.— Evils of Poverty. 



himself] fearing them which were of the circumcision. 13 And 
the other Jews dissembled likewise with him ; insomuch that 
Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation. 

1 Pet. 5 : 1 The elders which are among you I exhort, who 
am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and 
also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed. 

445. Dreadful end of Popery — To be avoided. 

Dan. 7:111 beheld then because of the voice of the great 
words which the horn spake : I beheld even till the beast was 
slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame. 
26 But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his 
dominion to consume and to destroy it unto the end. 

2 Th. 2 : 8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom 
the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall 
destroy with the brightness of his coming. 

Rev. 17 : 16 And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the 
beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate 
and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire. 

18 : 8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, 
and mourning, and famine ; and she shall be utterly burned 
with fire : for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her. 

19 : 1 And after these things I heard a great voice of much 
people in heaven, saying, Alleluia : Salvation, and glory, and 
honor, and power, unto the Lord our God : 2 For true and 
righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great 
whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and 
hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. 3 And 
again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever and 
ever. 20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false 
prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he de- 
ceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them 
that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into 
a lake of fire burning with brimstone. 



To be avoided. 



Rev. 18 : 4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, 
Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her 
sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. 

POVERTY. 

446. Evils of poverty. 

Pr. 10 : 15 The rich man's wealth is his strong city : the de- 
struction of the poor is their poverty. 

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447 POVERTY. 



God's Pity for the Poor. 



Pr. 14 : 20 The poor is hated even of his own neighbor, but 
the rich hath many friends. 7 All the brethren of the poor do 
hate him : how much more do his friends go far from him 7 he 
pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to him. 

22 : 7 The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is ser- 
vant to the lender. 

Eg. 9:16 Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: 
nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words 
are not heard. 

447. GocVs pity and favor towards the poor and destitute^ and 
displeasure towards their oppressors. 

Dt. 10 : 18 He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless 
and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and 

raiment. 

Job 5 : 15 But he saveth the poor from the sword, from 
their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty. 16 So the 
poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth. 

Ps. 10 : 14 Thou hast seen it ; for thou beholdest mischief 
and spite, to requite it with thy hand : the poor committeth 
himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless. 
17 Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the humble : thou wilt 
prepare their heart, tliou wilt cause thine ear to hear : 18 To 
judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the 
earth may no more oppress. 

12 : 5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the 
needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord ; I will set him in safety 
from him that puffeth at him. 

72 : 4 He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save 
the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppres- 
sor. 12 For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth : the 
poor also, and him that hath no helper. 13 He shall spare the 
poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy. 14 He 
shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious 
shall their blood be in his sight. 

102 : 17 He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not 

despise their prayer. 

140 : 12 I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the 

afflicted, and the right of the poor. 

146 : 9 The Lord preserveth the strangers ; he relieveth the 
fatherless and widow : but the way of the wicked he turneth 

upside down. 
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The Poor distinguished by Grace. 



Pr. 21 : 13 Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, 
he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard. 

Is. 3 : 15 What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, 
and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord God of hosts. 

10 : 1 Wo unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and 
tliat write grievousness which they have prescribed ; 2 To 
turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the 
right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their 
prey, and that they may rob the fatherless ! 3 And what will 
ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall 
come from far ? to whom will ye flee for help ? and where will 
ye leave your glory ? 

Am. 8 : 4 Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even 
to make the poor of the land to fail, 5 Saying, When will the 
new-moon be gone, that we may sell corn ? and the sabbath, 
that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the 
shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit ? 6 That 
we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of 
shoes ; yea^ and sell the refuse of the wheat. 7 The Lord 
hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never 
forget any of their works. 

Mai. 3 : 5 And I will come near to you to judgment: and I will 
be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adul- 
terers, and against false swearers, and against those that op' 
press the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, 
and that turn aside the stranger from his right and I'ear not 
me, saith the Lord of hosts. [See 566.] 

448. The poor often distinguished by God's special grace. 

Lk. 1 : 52 He hath put down the mighty from their seats, 
and exalted them of low degree. 53 He hath filled the hungry 
with good things, and the rich he hath sent empty away. 

4 : 18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath 
anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor ; he hath sent 
me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the 
captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty 
them that are bruised. 

10 : 21 In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank 
thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid 
these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed 

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449, 450 POVERTY. 

Oppression forbidden — Helping the Poor required and encouraged. 



them unto babes : even so. Father; for «j it seemed good in 
thy sight. 

Lk. 14: 21 So that servant came, and shewed his .lord these 
things. Then the master of the house being angry, said to 
his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the 
city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the 
halt, and the blind. 

16 : 25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy 
lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil 
things : but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. 

1 Cor. 1 : 26 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not 
many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many 
noble are called : 27 But God hath chosen the foolish things 
of the world to confound the wise ; and God hath chosen the 
weak things of the world to confound the things which are 
mighty ; 28 And base things of the world, and things which 
are despised, hath God chosen, yea^ and things which are not, 
to bring to nought things that are. 

Jam. 2 : 5 Hearken, my beloved brethren. Hath not God 
chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the 
kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him ? 

449. Oppression of tfie poor forbidden. 

Ex. 22 : 21 Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress 
him : for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. 22 Ye shall 
not afflict any widow, or fatherless chiJd. 

Dt. 24 : 17 Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stran- 
ger, nor of the fatherless, nor take the widow's raiment to pledge. 

Pr. 14 : 31 He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Ma- 
ker : but he that honoreth him hath mercy on the poor. 

22 : 16 He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, 
and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want. 
22 Rob not the poor, because he is poor : neither oppress the 
afflicted in the gate. 

23 : 10 Remove not the old landmark ; and enter not into 
the fields of the fatherless. [See 567.] 

450. Requirements and encouragements to hevp the poor and 
the quieted, and to avoid prejudice and partiality. 

Lev. 19 : 9 And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou 
shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou 
gather the gleanings of thy harvest. 10 And thou shalt not 
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POVERTY. 450 



Helping the Poor required and encouraged. 



glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of 
thy vineyard ; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger : 
I am the Lord your God. 

25 : 35 And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in de- 
cay with thee ; then thou shalt relieve him : yea, though he be 
a stranger, or a sojourner : that he may live with thee. 

Dt. 15 : 10 Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall 
not be grieved when thou givest unto him : because that for 
this thing the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, 
and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto. 11 For the poor 
shall never cease out of the land : therefore I command thee, 
saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, 
to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land. 

Dan. 4 : 27 Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be accepta- 
ble unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and 
thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor ; if it may be a 
lengthening of thy tranquillity. 

Jam. 1 : 27 Pure rehgion and undefiled before God and the 
Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their afflic- 
tion, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. 

2:1 My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, tJie Lord of glory, with respect of persons. 2 For if 
there come unto your assembly, a man with a gold ring, in 
goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile'rai- 
ment ; 3 And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay 
clothing, and say unto him. Sit thou here in a good place ; 
and say to the poor. Stand thou there, or sit here under my 
footstool : 4 Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are be- 
come judges of evil thoughts ? 5 Hearken, my beloved breth- 
ren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, 
and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them' 
that love him ? 

^ 1 Jn. 3 : 17 But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth 
his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compas- 
sio7i from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him ? 

Encourcg-emejits. 

Ps. 41 : 1 Blessed is he that considereth the poor : the Lord 
will deliver him in time of trouble. 2 The Lord will preserve 
him, and keep him alive ; and he shall be blessed upon the 
earth : and thou wilt not deHver him unto the will of his ene- 
mies. 

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God only to be worshipped. 



Ps. 112:9 He hath dispersed, he haih given to the poor; 
his righteousness endureth for ever ; his horn shall be exalted 

with honor. 

Pr. 19 : 17 He that hath pity upon the poor, lendeth unto 
the Lord ; and that which he hath given will he pay him 

again. 

22 : 9 He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed ; for he 

giveth of his bread to the poor. 

Is. 5S : 6 Is not this the fast that I have chosen 1 to loose 
the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and 
to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke ? 
7 Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring 
the poor that are cast out to thy house ? when thou seest the 
naked, that thou cover him ; and that thou hide not thyself 
from thine own flesh ? 8 Then shall thy light break forth as 
the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and 
thy righteousness shall go before thee ; the glory of the Lord 
shall be thy rere-ward. 9 Then shalt thou call, and the Lord 
shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say. Here I am. If 
thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the puttmg 
forth of the finger, and speaking vanity ; 10 And if thon draw 
out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul ; then 
shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the 
noon-day: 11 And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and 
satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones : and thou 
shalt be hke a watered garden, and like a sprmg of water, 

whose waters fail not. ^ ^^ r • 

Mat. 5 : 7 Blessed are the merciful : for they shall obtam 

mercy. u- • i,* 

25 • 34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right 
hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom 
prepared for you from the foundation of the world: 35 For I 
was an hungered, and ye gave me meat : I was thirsty, and 
ye o-ave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me m: 
36 Naked, and ye clothed me ; I was sick, and ye visited me ; 
I was in prison, and ye came unto me. 

PRAISE AND WORSHIP. 
451. God the only proper object of religious worship. 
Ex. 20 : 2 I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee 
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Public Worship of God— Religious Instruction. 



out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 
3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 

Ps. 96 : 4 For the Lord is great, and greatly to be praised : 
he is to be feared above all gods. 5 For all the gods of the 
nations ai-e idols : but the Lord made the heavens. 8 Give 
unto the Lord the glory due unto his name : bring an offering, 
and come into his courts. 9 O worship the Lord in the beauty 
of holiness : fear before him, all the earth. 

Mat. 4:10 Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him 
only shalt thou serve. 

452. Public worship of God. 

Ps. 40 : 7 Then said I, Lo, I come : in the volume of the 
book it is written of me, 8 I delight to do thy will, O my God: 
yea, thy law is within my heart. 9 I have preached right- 
eousness in the great congregation : lo, I have not refrained 
my lips, O Lord, thou knowest. 10 I have not hid thy right- 
eousness within my heart j I have declared thy faithfulness and 
thy salvation : I have not concealed thy loving-kindness and 
thy truth from the great congregation. 

Mat. 18 : 20 For where two or three are gathered together 
in my name, there am I in the midst of them. 

Ac. 11 :25 Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek 
Saul : 26 And when he had found him, he brought him unto 
Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assem- 
bled themselves with the church, and taught much people. 

13:14 But when they departed from Perga, they came to 
Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sab- 
bath-day, and sat down. 15 And after the reading of the law 
and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, 
saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have any word of exhorta- 
tion for the people, say on. 16 Then Paul stood up, and 
beckoning with his hand, said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear 
God, give audience. 

20 : 20 And how I kept back nothing that was profitable 
unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publicly, 
and from house to house, 21 Testifying both to the Jews, and 
also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward 
our Lord Jesus Christ. Neh. 8 : 1—7. Ac. 13 : 42—45. 

453. Public worship with religious instruction. 
Neh. 8 : 8 So they read in the book in the law of God dis- 

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454 PRAISE AND WORSHIP. 



Praise. 



tinctly, and gave the sense, and caused tkem to understand the 
reading. 

Mk. 2 : 1 And again he entered into Capernaum, after some 
days ; and it was noised that he was in the house. 2 And 
straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there 
was no room to receive them., no, not so much as about the 
door : and he preached the w^ord unto them. 

Lk. 4 : 43 And he said unto them, I must preach the king- 
dom of God to other cities also, for therefore am I sent. 44 And 
he preached in the synagogues of Gahlee. 

Jn. 8 : 1 Jesus went unto the mount of Ohves : 2 And early 
in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the peo- 
ple came unto him ; and he sat down and taught them. 

18 : 20 Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world ; I 
ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither 
the Jews always resort ; and in secret have I said nothing. 

Ac. 18 : 4 And he [Paul] reasoned in the synagogue every 
sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks. 5 And 
when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul 
was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews, thai Jesus 
was Christ. 

1 Cor. 1 : 21 For after that in the wisdom of God the world 
by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foohshness 
of preaching to save them that believe. 

Heb. 10 : 25 Not forsaking the assembhng of ourselves to- 
gether, as the manner of some is ; but exhorting one another ; 
and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. 

Lk. 19 : 47. Jn. 6 : 59. 

454. Praising God in public and social worship. 

Ps. 9 : 11 Sing praises to the Lord, which dwelleth in Zion: 
declare among the people his doings. 

22 : 22 I will declare thy name unto my brethren : in the 
midst of the congregation w-ill I praise thee. 

35 : 18 I will give thee thanks in the great congregation : I 
will praise thee among much people. 

47 : 6 Sing praises to God, sing praises : sing praises unto 
our King, sing praises. 7 For God is the King of all the 
earth : sing ye praises w^ith understanding. 

95 : 1 O come, let us sing unto the Lord : let us make a 
joyful noise to the Rock of our salvation. 2 Let us come be- 
fore his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise 
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PRAISE AND WORSHIP. 455 



Should be devout. 



unto him with psalms. 3 For the Lord t^ a great God, and 
a great Kmg above all gods. 

100 : 1 Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands. 
2 Serve the Lord with gladness : come before his presence 
with smgmg. 4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and 
into his courts with praise : be thankful unto him, and bless 
his name. 5 For the Lord i^ good ; his mercy is everlasting : 
and his truth endureth to all generations. 

107 : 31 Oh that men would praise the LoRo/or his goodness, 
and/or his wonderful works to the children of men ! 32 Let 
them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and 
praise him in the assembly of the elders. 

150: 1 Praise ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary: 
praise him in the firmament of his power. 2 Praise him for 
his mighty acts : praise him according to his excellent great- 
ness. 3 Praise him with the sound of the trumpet : praise him 
with the psaltery and harp. 4 Praise him with the timbrel 
and dance : praise him with stringed instruments and oro-ans. 
5 Praise h,m upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the 
high-sounding cymbals. 6 Let every thing that hath breath 
praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord. 

Mat. 26 : 30 And when they had sung a hymn, they went 
out into the mount of Olives. 

Ac. 16:25 And' at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and 
sang praises unto God : and the prisoners heard them 

Heb. 13: 15 By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of 
praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of ovr hps, giving 
thanks to his name. Ps. 57 : 7-11, and 92 : 1-4, and 96 7l-4 

455. Prahe should he offered with a devout heart. 

Ps. Ill : 1 I will praise the Lord with my whole heart in 
the assembly of the upright, and in the congregation. 

1 Cor. 14 : 15 What is it then ? I will pray with the spirit, 
and I will pray with the understanding also : I will sing with 
the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also. 

Ep. 5 : 19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms, and hymns and 
spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to 
the Lord. 20 Giving thanks always for all things unto God 
and the Father, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

Col. 3 : 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all 
wisdom ; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms, 

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456 PRAYER. 

Duty of Prayer. 



and hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your 
hearts to the Lord. 

PRAYER. 

456. Prayer an important duty. 

Is. 55 : 6 Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye 
upon him while he is near. 

62 : 6 I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, 
which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that 
make mention of the Lord, keep not silence, 7 And give him 
no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in 
the earth. 

Mat. 5 : 44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless 
them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray 
for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you. 

6 : 9 After this manner therefore pray ye : Our Father 
which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. 10 Thy king- 
dom come. Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven. 
11 Give us this day our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our 
debts, as we forgive our debtors. 13 And lead us not into 
temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, 
and the power, and the glory, for ever. 

26 : 41 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation : 
the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. 

Lk. 18 : 1 And he spake a parable unto them to this end, 
that men ought always to pray, and not to faint. 

Ep. 6 : 18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication 
in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance 
and supplication for all saints. 

Ph. 4 : 6 Be careful for nothing ; but in every thing by prayer 
and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made 
known unto God. 

Col. 4 : 2 Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with 
thanksgiving. 

1 Th. 3:10 Night and day praying exceedingly that we 
might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking 
in your faith ? 

5 : 17 Pray without ceasing. 18 In every thing give thanks. 

1 Tim. 2:11 exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, 

prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all 

men : 2 For kings, and for all that are in authority ; that we 

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Secret Prayer— Mental Prayer. 



may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty 
3 For this IS good and acceptable in the sight of God our 
Savior. 8 I will therefore that men pray every where, hfting 
up holy hands, without wrath and doubling. ^ 

Heb 4 : 15 For we have not a high priest which cannot be 
touched with the feeling of our infirmities : but was in all 
points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. 16 Let us 
therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may 
obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. 

./^""•/'^^ ^^ ^"^ ^"^°"^ y«^ afflicted? let him pray. 
16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for an- 
other, that ye may be healed. 

1 Pet. 4:7 But the end of all things is at hand : be ye 
therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. 

457. Secret prayer. 

Ps. 119 : 62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee, 
because of thy righteous judgments. 

Mat. 6 : 6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet 
and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which 
is in secret; and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall re- 
ward thee openly. 

14 : 23 And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went 
up mto a mountain apart to pray : and when the evening was 
come, he was there alone. 

Mk. 1 : 35 And in the morning, rising up a great while be- 
fore day, he went out and departed into a solitary place, and 
there prayed. 

Lk. 5 : 16 And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and 
prayed. ^ 

458. Mental prayer. 

1 S. 1 : 12 And it came to pass, as she continued praying 
Defore the Lord, that Eli marked her mouth. 13 Now Hannah 
she spake in her heart ; only her lips moved, but her voice was 
?f . f^;. ^*^^^^^«^« Eli thought she had been drunken. 
14 And Eh said unto her. How long wilt thou be drunken ^ 
put away thy wine from thee. 15 And Hannah answered and 
said. No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit • I have 
drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my 
Boul before the Lord. 16 Count not thine handmaid for a 

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Audible Prayer. 



daughter of Belial : for out of the abundance of my complaint 
and grief have I spoken hitherto. 

459. Prayer^ verbal and audible, required and exemplified. 

1 K. 8 : 22 And Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord 
in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread 
forth his hands toward heaven : 23 And he said. Lord God 
of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on 
earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy with thy ser- 
vants that walk before thee with all their heart : 28 Yet have 
thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his suppli- 
cation, O Lord my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the 
prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee to-day : 29 That 
thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even 
toward the place of which thou hast said. My name shall be 
there : that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy 
servant shall make toward this place. 30 And hearken thou 
to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, 
when they shall pray toward this place : and hear thou in 
heaven thy dwelling-place : and when thou hearest, forgive. 

Ps. 55 : 16 As for me, I will call upon God : and the Lord 
shall save me. 17 Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I 
pray, and cry aloud : and he shall hear my voice. 

86 : 3 Be merciful unto me, O Lord : for I cry unto thee daily. 

Dan. 9 : 19 O Lord, hear ; O Lord, forgive ; O Lord, hearken 
and do ; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God : for thy city 
and thy people are called by thy name. 20 And while I was 
speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin, and the sin of 
my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the 
Lord my God for the holy mountain of my God ; 21 Yea, 
while I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom 
I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly 
swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation. 

22 And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Dan- 
iel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding. 

23 At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment 
came forth, and I am come to shew thee ; for thou art greatly 
beloved. 

Hos. 14 : 2 Take with you words, and turn to the Lord : say 
unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive its graciously : 
eo will we render the calves of our lips. 
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PRAYER. 4QQ 

Nature of acceptable Prayer. ' * 



Joel 1 : 14 Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather 
the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of 
the Lord your God, and cry unto the Lord. 

Mat. 26 : 39 And he went a little further, and fell on his face 
and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup 
pass from me : nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt. 
42 He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, 

my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me. except 

1 drmk it, thy will be done. ' 

Mk. 8 : 6 And he commanded the people to sit down on the 
ground : and he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and 
brake, and gave to his disciples to set before them; and they 
did set them before the people. 

Ac. 1 : 24 And they prayed, and said. Thou, Lord, which 
knowest the hearts of aU men, shew whether of these two thou 
hast chosen. 

7 : 59 And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and say- 
mg, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. 60 And he kneeled down 
and cried with a loud voice. Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. 
And when he had said this, he fell asleep. 

20 : 36 And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and 
prayed with them all. 37 And they all wept sore, and fell on 
Paul's neck, and kissed him. 

27: 35 And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and 
gave thanks to God in presence of them allj and when he had 
broken it, he began to eat. 

460. How mnst acceptable prayer he made 7 

1. With love and obedience to God. 

Ps. 37 : 4 Delight thyself also in the Lord ; and he shall dve 
thee the desires of thy heart. "^ 

91 : 14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will 
I deliver him : I will set him on high, because he hath known 
my name. 

Pr. 28 : 9 He that turneth away his ear from hearing the 
Jaw, even his prayer shall he abomination. 

Jn. 9: 31 Now we know that God heareth not sinners : but 
if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he 
neareth. 

1 Jn. 3 : 22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, be- 
cause we keep his commandments, and do those things 'that 
are pleasing in his sight. 

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460 PRAYER. 

Nature of acceptable Prayer. 

2. With faith in God. 

Heb. 10 : 22 Let us draw near with a true heart, in full as- 
surance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil con- 
science, and our bodies washed with pure water. 

11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him : for he 
that Cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a 
rewarder of them that diligently seek him. 

Jam. 1 : 5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, 
that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it 
shall be given him. 6 But let him ask in faith, nothing waver- 
ing. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven 
with the wind and tossed. 7 For let not that man think that 
he shall receive any thing of the Lord. 

3. With submission to God. 

Ps. 37 : 7 Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him : fret 
not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because 
of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass. 

40 : 1 I waited patiently for the Lord ; and he inclined unto 
me, and heard my cry. 

Lam. 3 : 26 It is good that a man should both hope and qui- 
etly wait for the salvation of the Lord. 

Mat. 6 : 9 After this manner therefore pray ye : Our Father 
which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. 10 Thy king- 
dom come. Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven. 

26 : 39 And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and 
prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass 
from me : nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt. 

Lk. 22 : 41 And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's 
cast, and kneeled down, and prayed, 42 Saying, Father, if thou 
be willing, remove this cup from me : nevertheless, not my will, 
but thine, be done. 

Ac. 21 : 14 And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, 
saying. The will of the Lord be done. [See 335 — 8.] 

4. With humility, confession, and repentance. 

Lev. 26 : 40 If they shall confess their iniquity, and the ini- 
quity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed 
against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me; 
41 And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have 
brought them into the land of their enemies ; i then their un- 
circumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the 
punishment of their iniquity; 42 Then will I remember my 
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PRAYER. * 460 

Nature of acceptable Prayer. 



covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and 
also my covenant with Abraham will I remember ; and I will 
remember the land. 

2 Ch. 7 : 14 If my people, which are called by my name, 
shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn 
from their wicked ways j then will I hear from heaven, and 
will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. 

33 : 12 And when he was in affliction, he besought the Lord 
his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his 
fathers, 13 And prayed unto him : and he was entreated of 
him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to 
Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the 
Lord he was God. 

Ps. 9 : 12 When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remem- 
bereth them : he forgetteth not the cry of the humble. 

Is. 59 : 1 Behold, the Lord's hand ie not shortened, that 
it cannot save ; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear : 
2 But your iniquities have separated between you and your 
God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not 
hear. 

Lk. 15 : 18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto 
him. Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, 
19 And am no more worthy to be called thy son : make me as 
one of thy hired servants. 20 And he arose, and came to his 
father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw 
him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and 
kissed him. 

18 : 13 And the publican, standing afar off, would not hft up 
so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, 
saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. 14 I tell you, this 
man went down to his house justified rather than the other: 
for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased ; and he 
that humbleth himself shall be exalted. 

5. fVith a supreme regard for the glory of God. 

Ex. 32:11 And Moses besought the Lord his God, and 
said, Lord, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, 
which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt, with 
great power, and with a mighty hand ? 12 Wherefore should 
the Egyptians speak and say. For mischief did he bring them 
out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from 

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460 PRAYER. 

Nature of acceptable Prayer, 



the face of the earth ? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and re- 
pent of this evil against thy people. 

1 K. 18 : 36 And it came to pass at tke time of the offering 
of the et/'e7ung- sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near and 
said, Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be 
known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy 
servant, and tliat I have done all these things at thy word. 
37 Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that this people may know- 
that thou art the Lord God, and that thou hast turned their 
heart back ao-ain. 

Ps. 79 : 9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of 
thy name : and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy 
name's sake. 

143 : 11 auicken me, O Lord, for thy name's sake : for thy 
righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble. 

Is. 37:20 Now therefore, O Lord our God, save us from 
his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that 
thou art the Lord, even thou only. 

Dan. 9 : 17 Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of 
thy servant, and his supphcations, and cause thy face to shine 
upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake. 18 O 
my God, incline thine ear, and hear : open thine eyes, and be- 
hold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name : 
for we do not present our supplications before thee for our 
righteousness, but for thy great mercies. 19 O Lord, hear ; O 
Lord, forgive ; O Lord, hearken and do ; defer not, for thine 
own sake, O my God : for thy city and thy people are called 
by thy name. 

6. With a forgiving temper. 

Mat. 6 : 9 After this manner therefore pray ye : Our Father 
which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. 12 And forgive 
us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 

Mk. U : 25 And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have 
aught against any : that your Father also which is in heaven 
may forgive you your trespasses. 26 But, if ye do not for- 
give, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your 
trespasses. 

Lk. 23 : 34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them : for they 
know not what they do. 

7. With importunity and perseverance. 

Gen. 32 : 24 And Jacob was left alone j and there wrestled 
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Nature of acceptable Prayer. 



a man with him, until the breaking of the day. 25 And when 
he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hol- 
low of his thigh: and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of 
jomt, as he wrestled with him. 26 And he said, Let me go, 
for the day breaketh : And he said, I will not let thee o-o ex- 
cept thou bless me. '^ ' 

Is. 62 : 6 I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, 
which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that 
make mention of the Lord, keep not silence, 7 And give him 
no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in 
the earth. 

Lk. 6 : 12 And it came to pass in those days, that he went 
out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer 
to God. ^ 

11: 5 And he said unto them. Which of you shall have a 
friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, 
Friend, lend me three loaves : 6 For a friend of mine in his 
journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him ? 
7 And he from within shall answer and say. Trouble me not : 
the door is noAv shut, and my children are with me in bed ; I 
cannot rise and give thee. 8 I say unto you. Though he will 
not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because 
of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he 
needeth. 

18 : 1 And he spake a parable unto them to this eiicl, that 
men ought always to pray, and not to faint; 5 Yet, because 
this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her con- 
tinual coming she weary me. 7 And shall not God avenge 
his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he 
bear long with them ? 8 I tell you that he will avenge them 
speedily. 

Rom. 12 : 12 Rejoicing in hope ; patient in tribulation ; con- 
tinuing instant in prayer. 

Ep. 6 : 18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication 
m the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance 
and supphcation for all saints. 

Col. 4 : 2 Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with 
thanksgiving. 

1 Th. 3 : 10 Night and day praying exceedingly that we 
might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking 
in your faith ? 

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461 PRAYER. 

Postures in Prayer. 



1 Th. 5 : 17 Pray without ceasing. 

8. In the name of Christ. 

Jn. 16 : 24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name : 
ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. 

Col. 3 : 17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all m 
the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the 
Father by him. 

9. With godly sincerity. 

Ps. 51 : 6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts : 
and in the hidden ^ar^ thou shalt make me to know wisdom. 
66 : 18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not 

145 : 18 The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, 
to all that call upon him in truth. 

Jer. 29 : 13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye 
shall search for me with all your heart. Dt. 4 : 29. 

10. With the spirit of benevolence. 

Pr. 21 : 13 Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, 
he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard. 

Is 58 : 7 Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that 
thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou 
seest the naked, that thou cover him ; and that thou hide not 
thyself from thine own flesh ? 9 Then shalt thou call, and the 
Lord shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say. Here I 
am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the 
putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity. 

461. Various postures in prayer. 

Ex. 9 : 29 And Moses said unto him. As soon as I am gone 
out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the Lord; 
and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more 
hail; that thou mayest know how that the earth is the Lord s. 

1 K. 8 : 22 And Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord 
in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread 
forth his hands toward heaven. 

2 Ch. 6 : 13 (For Solomon had made a brazen scaffold, ot 
five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, 
and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, 
and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation 
of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven.) 

Mat. 26 : 39 And he went a little further, and fell on his 
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PRAYER. 462 



Heard and answered. 



face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let 
this cup pass from me : nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou 
wilt. 

Lk. 22 : 41 And he was withdrawn from them about a 
stone's cast, and kneeled down, and prayed, 42 Saying, Fa- 
ther, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me : neverthe- 
less, not my will, but thine, be done. 

Ac. 20 : 36 And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, 
and prayed with them all. 

462. Prayer heard and answered. 

Gen. 18 : 32 And he said. Oh, let not tlie Lord be angry, 
and I will speak yet but this once : Peradventure ten shall be 
found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake. 

32 : 28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Ja- 
cob, but Israel : for as a prince hast thou power with God, and 
with men, and hast prevailed. 

Ex. 32 : 11 And Moses besought the Lord his God, and 
said, Lord, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, 
which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt, with 
great power, and with a mighty hand? 14 And the Lord re- 
pented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people. 

Num. 11:2 And the people cried unto Moses ; and when 
Moses prayed unto the Lord, the fire was quenched. 

14 : 19 Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people 
according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast 
forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now. 20 And the 
Lord said, I have pardoned according to thy word. 

Dt. 9 : 19 (For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure 
wherewith the Lord was wroth against you to destroy you.) 
But the Lord hearkened unto me at that time also. 20 And 
the Lord was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him : 
and I prayed for Aaron also the same time. 

26 : 7 And when we cried unto the Lord God of our fathers, 
the Lord heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our 
labor, and our oppression : 8 And the Lord brought us forth 
out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an out-stretched 
arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with 

wonders. 

1 S. 1 : 27 For this child I prayed ; and the Lord hath given 
me my petition which I asked of him. 



462 



PRAYER. 



Heard and answered. 



1 S. 12 : 18 So Samuel called unto the Lord ; and the Lord 
sent thunder and rain that day : and all the people greatly- 
feared the Lord and Samuel. 

1 K. 17 : 22 And the Lord heard the voice of Elijah ; and 
the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived. 

18 : 37 Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that this people may 
know that thou art the Lord God, and that thou hast turned 
their heart back again. 38 Then the fire of the Lord fell, and 
consumed the burnt-sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, 
and the dust, and Hcked up the v/ater that was in the trench. ' 

2 K. 6 : 18 And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed 
unto the Lord, and said. Smite this people, I pray thee, with 
blindness. And he smote them with blindness, according to 
the word of Elisha. 

19 : 20 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, say- 
ing, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, That which thou hast 
prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard. 

20 : 5 Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my peo- 
ple, Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy father. I have 
heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears : behold, I will heal 
thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the 
Lord. 6 And I will add unto thy days fifteen years ; and I 
will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of 
Assyria ; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for 
my servant David's sake. 11 And Isaiah the prophet cried 
unto the Lord : and he brought the shadow ten degrees back- 
ward, by which it had gone down in the dial of Ahaz. 

Ps. 18 : 6 In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried 
unto my God : he heard my voice out of his temple, and my 
cry came before him, even into his ears. 

34 : 4 I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and delivered 
me from all my fears. 5 They looked unto him, and were 
lightened : and their faces were not ashamed. 6 This poor 
man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all 
his troubles. 10 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger • 
but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing. 
15 The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears 
are open unto their cry. 17 The righteous cry, and the Lord 
heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles. 

50 : 15 And call upon me in the day of trouble : I will de- 
liver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. 
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Heard and answered. 



65 : 2 O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh 
come. 

66 : 19 But verily God hath heard me ; he hath attended to 
the voice of my prayer. 20 Blessed he God, which hath not 
turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me. 

S6 : 5 For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive ; and 
plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee. 

91 : 15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him : I will 
he with him in trouble ; I will deliver him, and honor him. 

106 : 23 Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had 
not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn 
away his wrath, lest he should destroy them. 

118:5 I called upon the Lord in distress: the Lord an- 
swered me, and set me in a large place. 

145 : 18 The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, 
10 all that call upon him in truth. 19 He will fulfil the desire 
of them that fear him : he also will hear their cry, and will 
save them. 

Is^45 : 19 I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the 
earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: 
I the Lord speak righteousness, I declare things that are right. 

65 : 24 And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will 
answer ; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear. 

Jer. 33 : 3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew 
thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not. 

Dan. 9 : 21 Yea, while I was speaking in prayer, even the 
man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, 
being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the 
evening oblation. 

10: 12 Then said he unto me. Fear not, Daniel: for from the 
first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to 
chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I 
am come for thy words. 

Joel 2 : 32 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall 
call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered : for in mount 
Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the Lord hath 
said, and in the remnant whom the Lord shall call. 

Mat. 7 : 7 Ask, and it shall be given you ; seek, and ye shall 
find ; knock, and it shall be opened unto you : 8 For every one 
that asketh, receiveth ; and he tliat seeketh, findeth ; and to 
him that knocketh, it shall be opened. 9 Or what man is there 

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Unregenerate Prayers. 



of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone ? 
10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent 7 11 If ye 
then being evil know how to give good gifts unto your chil- 
dren, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give 
good things to them that ask him ? 

Lk. 18 : 7 And shall not God avenge his own elect, which 
cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them ? 
8 I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. 

Ac. 12 : 3 Peter therefore was kept in prison : but^ prayer 
was made without ceasing of the Church unto God for him. 
7 And behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a 
light shined in the prison ; and he smote Peter on the side, 
and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains 
fell off from his hands. 

Jam. 4:3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, 
that ye may consume it upon your lusts. 8 Draw nigh to God, 
and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners, 
and purify your hearts, ye double-minded. 

5 : 16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for 
another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent pfayer 
of a righteous man availeth much. 17 Elias was a man sub- 
ject to Hke passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it 
might not rain : and it rained not on the earth by the space 
of three years and six months. 18 And he prayed again, and 
the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit. 

1 Pet. 3 : 12 For the eyes of the Lord are over the righte- 
ous, and his ears are open unto their prayers : but the face of 
the Lord is against them that do evil. 

463. Prayer and wwship of the ungodly not acceptable. 

Ps. 50 : 16 But unto the wicked God saith. What hast thou 
to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my 
covenant in thy mouth 7 17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, 
and castest my words behind thee. 

66 : 18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not 

hear me. 

Pr. 1 : 28 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not an- 
swer ; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me ; 
29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the 

fear of the Lord. 

15 : 8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to tlie 

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Offensive to some— God offended with the Prayerless. 



Lord : but the prayer of the upright is his delight. 29 The 
Lord is far from the wicked : but he heareth the prayer of the 
righteous. 

28 : 9 He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, 
even his prayer shall be abomination. 

Is. 1 : 11 To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices 
unto me ? saith the Lord : I am full of the burnt-oflferings of 
rams, and the fat of fed beasts ; and I delight not in the blood 
of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats. 12 When ye come 
to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to 
tread my courts ? 13 Bring no more vain oblations : incense 
is an abomination unto me ; the new-moons and sabbaths, the 
calling of assemblies, 1 cannot away with ; it is iniquity, even 
the solemn meeting. 14 Your new-moons and your appointed 
feasts my soul hateth : they are a trouble unto me ; I am 
weary to bear them. 15 And when ye spread forth your hands, 
I will hide mine eyes from you ; yea, when ye make many 
prayers, I will not hear : your hands are full of blood. 

Mat. 7 : 18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither 
can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 

Jn. 9 : 31 Now we know that God heareth not sinners : but 
if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will-, him 
he heareth. 

Heb. 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him : 
for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that 
he is a re warder of them that diligently seek him. [See 495.] 

464. Prayer not agreeable to the wicked. 

Job 21 : 14 Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us ; 
for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. 15 What is 
the Almighty, that we should serve him ? and what profit 
should we have, if we pray unto him ? 

27 : 8 For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath 
gained, when God taketh away his soul ? 10 Will he dehght 
himself in the Almighty ? will he always call upon God ? 

Ps. 10: 4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, 
will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts. 

465. God displeased with prayerless persons. 

Jer. 10 : 25 Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know 
thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name : for 

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Pride and Self-righteousness. 



they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed 
him, and have made his habitation desolate. 

Zep. 1:41 will also stretch out my hand upon Judah and 
upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem : and I will cut off the 
remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the Chema- 
rims with the priests : 6 And them that are turned back from 
the Lord ; and those that have not sought the Lord, nor in- 
quired for him. 

PRIDE. 

466. PHde^ self-conceit^ and self-righteousness^ prevalent evilSj 
offensive to God, and ruinous to man. 

Gen. 11 : 4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a 
tower, whose top may reach unto heaven ; and let us make us a 
name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole 
earth. 

2 K. 10 : 16 And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal 
for the Lord. So they made him ride in his chariot. 

Ps. 10 : 2 The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor. 
4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not 
seek after God : God is not in all his thoughts. 

73 : 3 For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the pros- 
perity of the wicked. 5 They are not in trouble as other men ; 
neither are they plagued like other men. 6 Therefore pride 
compasseth them about as a chain ; violence covereth them as 
a garment. 7 Their eyes stand out with fatness : they have 
more than heart could wish. 8 They are corrupt, and speak 
wickedly concerning oppression : they speak loftily. 9 They 
Bet their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh 
through the earth. 

Ezk. 16 : 49 Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, 
pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her 
and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of 
the poor and needy. 50 And they were haughty, and com- 
mitted abomination before me : therefore I took them away as 
I saw good. 

Rom. 10 : 1 Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God 

for Israel is, that they might be saved. 2 For I bear them 

record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to 

knowledge. 3 For they, being ignorant of God's righteous- 

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Pride and Self-righteousness. 



ness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have 
not submitted tliemselves unto the righteousness of God. 

Offensive to God, and ruinous to man. 

2 S. 22 : 28 And the afflicted people thou wilt save ; but 
thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them 
down. 

Esther 3 : 5 And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed 
not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath. 
6 And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone ; for 
they had shewed him the people of Mordecai : wherefore Ha- 
man sought to destroy all the Jews that xcere throughout the 
whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai. 

7:9 And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the 
king, Behold also the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman 
had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, 
standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said. Hang 
him thereon. 

Ps. 12 : 3 The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, and the 
tongue that speaketh proud things : 4 Who have said. With 
our tongue will we prevail ; our lips are our own : who ts lord 
over us ? 5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of 
the needy, now wall I arise, saith the Lord ; I will set him in 
safety /7'om him that puffeth at him. 

18 : 27 For thou wilt save the afflicted people ; but wilt bring 
down high looks. 

119 : 21 Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which 
do err from thy commandments. 

138 : 6 Though the Lord be high, yet hath he respect unto 
the lowly : but the proud he knoweth afar off; 

Pr. 8 : 13 The fear of the Lord is to hate evil : pride, and 
arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate. 

15 : 25 The Lord will destroy the house of the proud : but 
he will establish the border of the widow. 

16 : 5 Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to 
the Lord : though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpun- 
ished. 18 Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty 
spirit before a fall. 

18 : 12 Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and 
before honor is humility. 

26 : 12 Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is 
more hope of a fool than of him. 

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466 PRIDE AND SCORN. 



Pride and Self-righteousness. 



Pr. 28 : 26 He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool : but 
whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered. 

29 : 23 A man's pride shall bring him low : but honor shall 
uphold the humble in spirit. 

Is. 2 : 12 For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon 
every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that 
is lifted up ; and he shall be brought low. 

13:11 I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and 
will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible. 

26 : 5 For he bringeth down them that dwell on high ; the 
lofty city, he layeth it low j he layeth it low, even to the 
ground ; he bringeth it even to the dust. 

65 : 5 Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me ; 
for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a 
fire that burneth all the day. 

Dan. 4 : 30 The king spake, and said. Is not this great Bab- 
ylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the 
might of my power, and for the honor of my majesty ? 
31 While the word wa^ in the king's mouth, there fell a voice 
from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is 
spoken ; The kingdom is departed from thee : 32 And they 
shall drive thee from men, and thy dweUing shall he with the 
beasts of the field : they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, 
and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the 
Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to 
whomsoever he will. 

Mat. 23 : 12 And whosoever shall exalt himself, shall be 
abased; and he that shall humble himself, shall be exalted. 
29 Wo unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! because 
ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres 
of the righteous, 30 And say, If we had been in the days of 
our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in 
the blood of the prophets. 31 Wherefore, ye be witnesses 
unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed 
the prophets. - 

2 Th. 2:4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all 
that is called God, or that is worshipped ; so that he, as God, 
sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. 
8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord 
shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy 
with the brightness of his coming. 
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Scorning and Contempt reprobated.— Probationary Trial. 



Jam. 4 : 6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, 
God resisteth the proud, but givetli grace unto the humble. 
16 But now ye rejoice in your boastings : all such rejoicing is 
evil. [See Ostentation, 422.] 

467. Scorning and contempt reprobated. 

Pr. 3:34 Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth 
grace unto the lowly. 

9 : 12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if 
thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it. 

14 : 21 He that despiseth his neighbor sinneth : but he that 
hath mercy on the poor, happy is he. 

15 : 20 A wise son maketh a glad father : but a foolish man 
despiseth his mother. 

19 : 29 Judgments are prepared for scorners. 

22: 10 Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go outj 
yea, strife and reproach shall cease. 

29 : 8 Scornful men bring a city into a snare : but wise men 
turn away wrath. 

Mat. 18 : 10 Take heed that ye despise not one of these ht- 
tle ones : for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do 
always behold the face of my Father w^hich is in heaven. 

PROBATION. 

468. Earthly trial for eternity. 

Zee. 9 : 12 Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope. 

Mat. 5 : 25 Agree with thine adversary quickly, while thou 
art in the way with him ; lest at any time the adversary de- 
liver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the of- 
ficer, and thou be cast into prison. 26 Verily, I say unto thee, 
Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid 
the uttermost farthing. 

Lk. 13 : 24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate : for many, I 
say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. 

2 Cor. 6:2 (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time ac- 
cepted, and in the day of salvation have I succored thee ; be- 
hold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of sal- 
vation.) 

Mat. 25. (Parable of the ten virgins and of the talents), and 
Lk. 19 : 12—27. (Parable of the pounds.) 
[See Judgment Day, 147.] 

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The Soul in danger. 



469. Tke soul in danger — Consequences of earthly probation. 

1 Ch. 28 : 9 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God 
of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart, and with a 
willing mind : for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and under- 
standeth all the imaginations of the thoughts : if thou seek 
him, he will be found of thee ; but if thou forsake him, he will 
cast thee off for ever. 

Mat. 5 : 22 Whosoever shall say. Thou fool, shall be in dan- 
ger of hell-fire. 

7 : 13 Enter ye in at the strait gate ; for wide is the gate, and 
broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there 
be which go in thereat : 14 Because, strait is the gate, and 
narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be 
that find it. 

16 : 25 For whosoever will save his life, shall lose it : and 
whosoever will lose his life for my sake, shall find it. 26 For 
what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and 
lose his own soul ? or what shall a man give in exchange for 
his soul ? Lk. 9 : 24. 

Mk. 9 : 43 And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better 
for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go 
into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched : 44 Where 
their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. 45 And if 
thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt 
into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire 
that never shall be quenched : 46 Where their worm dieth not, 
and the fire is not quenched. 47 And if thine eye offend thee, 
pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of 
God with one eye, than having two eyes, to be cast into hell- 
fire : 48 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not 
quenched. Mat. 18:8. 

Lk. 12 : 4 And I say unto you, my friends. Be not afraid of 
them that kill the body, and after that, have no more that they 
can do. 5 But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear : Fear 
him, which after he hath killed, hath power to cast into hell ; 
yea, I say unto you. Fear him. Mat. 10 : 28. 

Heb. 4 : 1 Let us therefore fear, lest a promise being left us 
of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short 

of it. 

1 Pet. 4 : 17 For the time is come that judgment must begin 
at the house of God : and if it first begin at us, what shall the 
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Determines Rewards and Punishments. 



end be of them that obey not the gospel of God ? 18 And if 
the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and 
the sinner appear ? 

Consequences of probation. 

Pr. 1 : 29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose 
the fear of the Lord : 30 They would none of my counsel : 
they despised all my reproof 31 Therefore shall they eat of 
the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices. 
32 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and 
the prosperity of fools shall destroy them. 

8 : 36 But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul : 
all they that hate me love death. 

9 : 12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if 
thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it. 

11 : 19 As righteousness tendeth to hfe : so he that pursueth 
evil pursueth it to his own death. 

Hos. 13 : 9 O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself: but in me 
is thine help. 

470. Rewards and punishments according to probationary 
conduct. 

Job 34 : 11 For the work of a man shall he render unto him, 
and cause every man to find according to his ways. 

Ps. 62 : 12 Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy : for thou 
renderest to every man according to his work. 

Pr. 24 : 12 If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not ; doth not 
he that pondereth the heart consider it 7 and he that keepeth 
thy soul, doth not he know it 7 and shall not he render to every 
man according to his works ? 

Is. 3 : 10 Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with 
him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. 11 Wo unto 
the wicked ! it shall be ill with him : for the reward of his hands 
shall be given him. 

Jer. 17 : 10 I the Lord search the heart, /try the reins, even 
to give every man according to his ways, and according to the 
fruit of his doings. 

32 : 19 Great in counsel, and mighty in work : for thine eyes 
are open upon all the ways of the sons of men ; to give every one 
according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings. 

Mat. 16 : 27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of 
his Father, with his angels ; and then he shall reward every 
man according to his works. 

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Punishment deserved. 



Lk. 19 : 16 Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound 
hath gained ten pounds. 17 And he said unto him, Well, thou 
good servant : because thou hast been faithful in a very httle, 
have thou authority over ten cities, 18 And the second came, 
saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds. 19 And he 
said likewise to him. Be thou also over five cities. 24 And he 
said unto them that stood by. Take from him the pound, and 
give it to him that hath ten pounds. 25 (And they said unto 
him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.) 26 For I say unto you. That 
unto every one which hath, shall be given ; and from him that 
hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him. 

Rom. 2:5 But after thy hardness and impenitent heart, 
treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath, and 
revelation of the righteous judgment of God; 6 Who will ren- 
der to every man according to his deeds : 7 To them who by 
patient continuance in well-doing, seek for glory, and honor, 
and immortahty ; eternal hfe : 8 But unto them that are con- 
tentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness : 
indignation and wrath, 9 Tribulation and anguish, upon every 
soufof man that doeth evil ; of the Jew first, and also of the 
Gentile ; 10 But glory, honor, and peace, to every man that 
worketh good. 

Gal. 6 : 7 Be not deceived ; God is not mocked : for whatso- 
ever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. 8 For he that sow- 
eth to his flesh, shall of the flesh reap corruption : but he that 
soweth to the Spirit, shall of the Spirit reap Hfe everlasting. 

Rev. 22 : 12 And behold, I come quickly ; and my reward is 
with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. 

PUNISHMENT FUTURE. 

471. Punishment deserved, or guilt of sin, as committed 
against God. 

Gen. 39 : 9 TTiere is none greater in this house than I ; nei- 
ther hath he kept back any thing from me, but thee, because 
thou art his wife : how then can I do this great wickedness, 
and sin against God ? 

Ps. 51 : 4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done 
this evil in thy sight : that thou mightest be justified when 
thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest 

Lk. 23 : 39 And one of the malefactors, which were hanged, 
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472 



God's Right to punish. 



railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us. 

40 But the other answering, rebuked him, saying, Dost not 
thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation 1 

41 And we indeed justly ; for we receive the due reward of 
our deeds : but this man hath done nothing amiss. 

Rom. 3 : 4 Let God be true, but every man a har ; as it is 
written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and 

^ mightest overcome when thou art judged. 5 But if our un- 
righteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall 

f'we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I 
speak as a man,) 6 God forbid : for then how shall God judge 
the world ? 

7 : 13 But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in 
me by that which is good ; that sin by the commandment 
might become exceeding sinful. 

2 Th. 1 : 6 Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recom- 
pense tribulation to them that trouble you ; 7 And to you, who 
are troubled, rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be re- 
vealed from heaven with his mighty angels, 8 In flaming fire 
taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey 
not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

472. God^s peculiar jyrerogative to vindicate and to punish 
according to desert. 

Dt. 32 : 35 To me helongeth vengeance, and recompense ; 
their foot shall slide in due time : for the day of their calamity 
is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make 
haste. 36 For the Lord shall judge his people, and repent 
himself for his servants ; when he seeth that their power is 
gone, and there is none shut up, or left. 39 See now that I, 
even I am he, and there is no god with me : I kill, and I make 
alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can de- 
liver out of my hand. 40 For I Hft up my hand to heaven, 
and say, I live for ever. 41 If I whet my glittering sword, 
and my hand take hold on judgment ; I will render vengeance 
to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me. 42 I will 
make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall de- 
vour flesh ; and that with the blood of the slain and of the 
captives from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy. 
43 Rejoice, O ye nations, vrith his people : for he will avenge 

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473 PUNISHMENT FUTURE. 



Loss of the Soul. 



the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his ad- 
versaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people. 

Ps. 94 : 1 O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth ; O 
God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself 

Rom. 12 : 19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but 
rather give place unto wrath : for it is written. Vengeance is 
mine ; I will repay, saith the Lord. 

473. I'Tie finally impenitent to he shut out of heaven, and cast 

into hell. 

Ps. 9 : 17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the 

nations that forget God. 

11:6 Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brim- 
stone, and a horrible tempest : thi^ shall be the portion of their 

cup. 

119 : 155 Salvation is far from the wicked : for they seek 

not thy statutes. 

Pr. 1 : 24 Because I have called and ye refused ; I have 
stretched out my hand, and no man regarded ; 25 But ye have 
set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: 
26 I also will laugh at your calamity : I will mock when your 
fear cometh ; 27 When your fear cometh as desolation, and 
your destruction cometh as a whirlwind ; when distress and 
anguish cometh upon you. 28 Then shall they call upon me, 
but I will not answer ; they shall seek me early, but they shall 
not find me ; 29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not 
choose the fear of the Lord : 30 They would none of my coun- 
sel : they despised all my reproof. 31 Therefore shall they eat 
of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices. 
32 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and 
the prosperity of fools shall destroy them. 

10 : 24 The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him : but 
the desire of the righteous shall be granted. 28 The hope of 
the righteous shall be gladness : but the expectation of the 

wicked shall perish. 

Mat. 3 : 7 O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to 

flee from the wrath to come ? 

5 : 20 For I say unto you. That except your righteousness 
' shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye 
shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven. 

7 • 19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn 
down, and cast into the fire. 21 Not every one that saith 
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Loss of the Soul. 



unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven • 
but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven' 

22 Many will say to me in that day. Lord, Lord, have we 
not prophesied in thy name ? and in thy name have cast out 
devils ? and m thy name done many wonderful works '2 

23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you ; de- 
part from me, ye that work iniquity. 27 And the rain de- 
scended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat 
upon that house ; and it fell : and great was the fall of it. 

8 : 11 And I say unto you, That many shall come from the 
east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, 
and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven: 12 But the children of 
the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness : there shaU 
be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 

10 : 33 But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I 
also deny before my Father which is in heaven. 

13 : 40 As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in 
the fire ; so shall it be in the end of this world. 41 The Son 
of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out 
of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do in^ 
iquity; 42 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there 
shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. 47 Again, The king- 
dom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, 
and gathered of every kind : 48 Which, when it was full, they 
drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into ves- 
sels, but cast the bad away. 49 So shall it be at the end of 
the world : the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked 
from among the just, 50 And shall cast them into the furnace 
of fire : there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. 

Lk. 10 : 15 And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to 
heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell. 

13 : 23 Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be 
saved ? And he said unto them, 24 Strive to enter in at the 
strait gate : for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and 
shall not be able. 25 When once the Master of the house is 
risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand with- 
out, and to knock at the door, saying. Lord, Lord, open unto 
us ; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not 
whence ye are : 26 Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten 
and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets. 
27 But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are ; 

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Loss of the Soul. 



depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity. 28 There shall be 
weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, 
and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of 
God, and you yourselves thrust out. 

Lk. 16 : 2:2 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was 
carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom. The rich man 
also died, and Avas buried : 23 And in hell he lifted up his eyes, 
beino- in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus 
in his bosom. 24 And he cried, and said. Father Abraham, 
have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip 
of his finger in water, and cool my tongue : for I am tormented 
in this flame. 

Jn. 5 : 23 Marvel not at this : for the hour is coming, in the 
which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, 29 And 
shall come forth ; they that have done good, unto the resurrec- 
tion of life ; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection 
of damnation. 

17 : 12 None of them is lost, but the son of perdition. 2 Th. 
2:3. 

Rom. 2 : 5 But after thy hardness and impenitent heart, 
treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath, and 
revelation of the righteous judgment of God. 8 But unto them 
that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey un- 
righteousness : indignation and wrath, 9 Tribulation and an- 
guish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil. 

1 Cor. 6 : 9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not in- 
herit the kingdom of God ? Be not deceived ; neither fornica- 
tors, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers 
of themselves with mankind, 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor 
drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the king- 
dom of God. 

16 : 22 If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him 
be Anathema, Maran-atha. 

Gal. 5 : 19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which 
are these, Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 
20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, 
strife, seditions, heresies, 21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, 
revellings, and such like ; of the which I tell you before, as I 
have also told you in time past, that they which do such things 
fshall not inherit the kingdom of God. 

Ep. 5 : 5 For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor un- 
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Loss of the Soul. 



clean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any 
inheritance m the kingdom of Christ and of God. 6 Let no 
man deceive you with vain words : for because of these things 
Cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience 

,n -T.;.^'-^^ ^^^y ''''^ ^^® enemies of the cross of Christ: 
19 Whose end is destruction. 

2 Th 2 : 3 Let no man deceive you by any means : for that 
day shall not come, except there come a falling away first and 
that man of sm be revealed, the son of perdition ; 9 Even hirn 
whose commg is after the working of Satan, with all power' 
and signs, and lying wonders, 10 And with all deceivableness 
ot unrighteousness in them that perish ; because they received 
not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And 
for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they 
should believe a lie : 12 That they all might be damned who 
beheved not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. 

Heb. 10:26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have re- 
ceived the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more 
sacrifice for sins, 27 But a certain fearful looking for of judg- 
ment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversa- 
ries. V. 28—31. 

2 Pet. 2 : 4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but 
cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of dark- 
ness, to be reserved unto judgment; 9 The Lord knoweth 
how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the 
unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished : 10 But 
chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of unclean- 
ness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, self- 
willed ; they are not afraid to speak evil of dio-nities. 17 The^^e 
are wells without water, clouds that are carried ivith a tem- 
pest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever. 

3 : 7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the 
same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire ao-ainst the 
day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. 

Rev. 19:20 And the beast was taken, and with him the 
false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he 
deceived them that had received the mark of the beast and 
them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive 
into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. 

20 : 15 And whosoever was not found written in the book 
of hfe was cast into the lake of fire. 

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474 PUNISHMENT FUTURE. 



End of Hypocrites— Unpardonable Sin, 



Rev. 21 : 27 And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing 
that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or 
maketh a lie ', but they which are written in the Lamb's book 

of life. 
^ 22 : 15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremon- 
gers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and 
maketh a lie. 19 And if any man shall take away from the 
words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his 
part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and 
from the things which are written in this book. 

[See 144, 240, and 265.] 

474. Future punishment evinced by the end of hypocrites, the 
unpardonable sin, and the second death. 

Job 8: 13 The hypocrite's hope shall perish: 14 Whose 
hope shall be cut off; and whose trust shall be a spider's web. 

11 : 20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall 
not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the 

ghost. 

20 : 5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the 

joy of the hypocrite but for a moment ? 

27 : 8 For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath 
gained, when God taketh away his soul? 9 Will God hear 
his cry when trouble cometh upon him ? 

36 : 13 But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath : they cry 
not when he bindeth them. 14 They die in youth, and their 
life is among the unclean. 

Unpardonable sin. r • 

Mat. 12 : 31 Wherefore I say unto you, All manner ot sm 
and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men : but the blasphemy 
against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. 
32 And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, 
it shall be forgiven him : but whosoever speaketh against the 
Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, 
neither in the world to come. 

Mk. 3 : 28 Verily, I say unto you. All sins shall be forgiven 
unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they 
shall blaspheme : 29 But he that shall blaspheme agamst the 
Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal 

damnation. 

Lk. 12 : 10 Unto him that blasphemeth agamst the Holy 

Ghost, it shall not be forgiven. 
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Second Death— Prosperity af the Wicked. 



l;Jn. 5 : 16 If any man see his brother sin a sin widch is not 
unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them 
that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death : I do not 
say that he shall pray for it. 

Second death. 

Rev. 2 : 11 He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the sec- 
ond death. 

20 : 6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first res- 
urrection : on such the second death hath no power, but they 
shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him 
a thousand years. 14 And death and hell were cast into the 
lake of fire. This is the second death. 15 And whosoever was 
not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. 

21 : 8 Bui the fearful, and unbeheving, and the abominable, 
and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, 
and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth 
with fire and brimstone : which is the second death. 

475. Future punishment evinced by the present prosperity of 
the wicked^ the delay of retribution^ and by death in impenitence. 

Job 21 : 7 Wherefore do the wicked hve, become old, yea, 
are mighty in power ? 8 Their seed is estabhshed in their 
sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes. 9 Their 
houses are safe from fear, neither w the rod of God upon them. 
11 They send forth their little ones hke a flock, and their chil- 
dren dance. 12 They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice 
at the sound of the organ. 13 They spend their days in 
wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave. 14 There- 
fore they say unto God, Depart from us ; for we desire not the 
knowledge of thy ways. 15 What is the Almighty, that we 
should serve him ? and what profit should we have, if we pray 
unto him ? 16 Lo, their good is not in their hand. 

Ps. 73 : 3 For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the 
prosperity of the wicked. 4 For there are no bands in their 
death : but their strength is firm. 5 They are not in trouble 
as other men ; neither are they plagued like other men. 
6 Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain ; violence 
covereth them as a garment. 7 Their eyes stand out with 
fatness : they have more than heart could wish. 8 They are 
corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression : they speak 
loftily. 9 They set tlieir mouth against the heavens, and their 

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475 



PUNISHMENT FUTURE. 



Prosperity of the Wicked— Retribution delayed. 



tongue walketh through the earth. 10 Therefore his people 
return hither : and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them. 
Jl And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowl- 
edge in the Most High ? 12 Behold, these are the ungodly, 
who prosper in the world ; they increase in riches. 13 Verily 
I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in in- 
nocency. 14 For all the day long have I been plagued, and 
chastened every morning. 15 If I say, I will speak thus ; be- 
hold, I should offend against the generation of thy children. 

16 When I thought to know this, it was too painiul for me ; 

17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God ; then understood I 
their end. 18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places : 
thou castedst them down into destruction. 19 How are they 
brought into desolation, as in a moment ! they are utterly con- 
sumed with terrors. 

Ps. 92 : 7 When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all 
the workers of iniquity do flourish ; it is that they shall be de- 
stroyed for ever. 

Jer. 12 : 1 Righteous art thou, O Lord, when I plead with 
thee : yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments : Wherefore 
doth the way of the wicked prosper ? wherefore are all they 
happy that deal very treacherously ? 2 Thou hast planted 
them, yea, they have taken root : they grow, yea, they bring 
forth fruit : thou art near in their mouth, and far from their 
reins. 3 But thou, O Lord, knowest me : thou hast seen me, 
and tried my heart toward thee. 

Lk. 6 : 24 But wo unto you that are rich ! for ye have re- 
ceived your consolation. 25 Wo unto you that are full ! for 
ye shall hunger. Wo unto you that laugh now ! for ye shall 
mourn and weep. 26 Wo unto you, when all men shall speak 
well of you ! for so did their fathers to the false prophets. 

16 : 25 But Abraham said. Son, remember that thou in thy 
lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil 
things : but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. 

Rom. 9 : 22 JVhat if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to 
make his power known, endured with much long-suffering the 
vessels of wrath fitted to destruction. 

Jam. 5:1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your 
miseries that shall come upon you. 

Retribution delayed. 

Eg. 8 : 11 Because sentence against an evil work is not exe- 

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Death in Impenitence, 



cuted speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully- 
set in them to do evil. 

9 : 1 For all this I considered in my heart even to declare 
all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are 
in the hand of God : no man knoweth either love or hatred hy 
all that is before them. 2 All thi?igs come alike to all: there 
is one event to the righteous and to the wicked ; to the good, 
and to the clean, and to the unclean ; to him that sacrificeth, 
and to him that sacrificeth not : as is the good, so is the sinner ; 
and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath. 

Death in impenitence. 

Gen. 19 : 24 Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon 
Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven ; 
25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the 
inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground. 

Lev. 10 : 1 And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took 
cither of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense 
thereon, and offered strange fire before the Lord, which he 
commanded them not. 2 And there went out fire from the 
Lord, and devoured them, and they died before the Lord. 

Num. 16 : 32 And the earth opened her mouth, and swal- 
lowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that apper- 
tained unto Korafi, and all their goods. 33 They, and all that 
appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the 
earth closed upon them : and they perished from among the 
congregation. 

Pr. 14 : 32 The wicked is driven away in his wickedness : 
but the righteous hath hope in his death. 

Mat. 27 : 5 And he cast down the pieces of silver in the tem- 
ple, and departed, and went and hanged himself. 

Jn. 8 : 21 Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, 
and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins : whither I go 
ye cannot come. ' 

Ac. 5 : 5 And Ananias hearing these words, fell down, and 
gave up the ghost. And great fear came on all them that 
heard these things. 

2 ^Pet. 2 : 12 But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be 
taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they under- 
derstand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption: 
13 And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they 
that count it pleasure to riot in the day-time. [See 138.] 

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476 PUNISHMENT FUTURE, 

Presaged by earthly Judgments. 

476. Future punishment presaged by earthly judgments. 

Ex. 34:6 And the Lord passed by before him, and pro- 
claimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, 
long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, .7 Keep- 
ing mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression 
and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty ; visiting 
the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the 
children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation. 

Jud. 2 : 11 And the children of Israel did evil in the sio-ht 
of the Lord, and served Baalim : 14 And the anger of the 
Lord was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the 
hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the 
hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any 
longer stand before their enemies. 

2 K. 17 : 18 Therefore the Lord was very angry with Israel, 
and removed them out of his sight : there was none left but 
the tribe of Judah only. 20 And the Lord rejected all the 
seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the 
hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight. 

Ps. 78 : 49 He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, 
wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels 
among them. 50 He made a way to his anger ; he spared not 
their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence ; 
51 And smote all the first-born in Egypt ; the chief of their 
strength in the tabernacles of Ham. 

Ezk. 7 : 8 Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee, 
and accomplish mine anger upon thee : and I will judge thee 
according to thy ways, and will recompense thee for all thine 
abominations. 9 And mine eye shall not spare, neither will 
I have pity: I will recompense thee according to thy ways, 
and thine abominations that are in the midst of thee; and ye 
shall know that I am the Lord that smiteth. 

Nah. 1 : 3 The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power, 
and will not at all acquit the wicked: the Lord hath his w^ay 
in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust 
of his feet. 

2 Pet. 2 : 4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, 
but cast them down to hell, and delivered them- into chains of 
darkness, to be reserved unto judgment ; 5 And spared not 
the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher 

of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the 
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PUNISHMENT FUTURE. 477 



Everlasting. 



ungodly ; 6 And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah 
into ashes, condemned them with an overthrow, making them 
an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly ; 7 And 
delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the 
wicked : 9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out 
of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of 
judgment to be punished. 

477. Punishment everlasting. 

Pr. 10 : 28 The hope of the righteous shall he gladness : but 
the expectation of the wicked shall perish. 

11:7 When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall per- 
ish : and the hope of unjust men perisheth. 

Dan. 12:2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the 
earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame 
and everlasting contempt. 

Mat. 25 : 41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left 
hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared 
for the devil and his angels : 42 For I was an hungered, and 
ye gave me no meat : I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink. 
46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment : but 
the righteous into life eternal. 

Mk. 9 : 43 And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better 
for thee to enter into fife maimed, than having two hands to 
go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: 
44 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. 

14 : 21 The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of 
him : but wo to that man by whom the Son of man is betray- 
ed ! good were it for that man if he had never been born 
Mat. 26:24. 

Lk. 3 : 17 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly 
purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner ; but 
the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable. 

16 : 26 And besides all this, between us and you there is a 
great gulf fixed : so that they which would pass from hence 
to you, cannot ; neither can they pass to us, that would come 
from thence. 

Jn. 3 : 36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting 
life : and he that believeth not the Son, shall not see life ; but 
the wrath of God abideth on him. 

2 Th. 1 : 7 The Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven 

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478 PUNISHMENT FUTURE. 



Approved by the Righteous. 



with his mighty angels, 8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on 
them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our 
Lord Jesus Christ : 9 Who shall be punished with everlasting 
destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory 
of his power. 

Jude 6 And the angels which kept not their first estate, but 
left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains 
under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. 7 Even 
as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them in like 
manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after 
strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the venge- 
ance of eternal fire. 13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming 
out their own shame ; wandering stars to whom is reserved 
the blackness of darkness for ever. 

Rev. 14 : 9 And the third angel followed them, saying with 
a loud voice. If any man worship the beast and his image, and 
receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, 10 The same 
shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured 
out without mixture into the cup of his indignation ] and he 
shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence 
of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb : 11 And 
the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever : 
and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast 
and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name. 

20 : 10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the 
lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet 
are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. 

22 : 11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still : and he 
which is filthy, let him be filthy still : and he that is righteous, 
let him be righteous still : and he that is holy, let him be holy 
still. [See 147, Judgment] 

478. Punishment approved by the righteous. 

Ex. 15 : 1 Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this 
Bong unto the Lord, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the 
Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously ; the horse and his rider 
hath he thrown into the sea. 3 The Lord is a man of war : 
the Lord is his name. 4 Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath 
he cast into the sea : his chosen captains also are drowned in 
the Red sea. 5 The depths have covered them : they sank 
into the bottom as a stone. 6 Thy right hand, O Lord, is be- 
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PUNISHMENT FUTURE. 478 



Approved by the Righteous. 



come glorious in power : thy right hand, O Lord, hath dashed 
in pieces the enemy. 7 And in the greatness of thine excel- 
lency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee : 
thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them as stubble. 
11 Who 13 like unto thee, O Lord, among the gods? who is 
like thee, glorious in holiness, fearfuliTi praises, doing wonders? 

Ps. 28 : 4 Give them according to their deeds, and according 
to the wickedness of their endeavors : give them after the work 
of their hands ; render to them their desert. 5 Because they 
regard not the works of the Lord, nor the operation of his 
hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up. 

94 : 1 Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth ; O God, 
to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself. 2 Lift up thy- 
self, thou Judge of the earth : render a reward to the proud. 

Rev. 6 : 9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw un- 
der the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of- 
God, and for the testimony which they held: 10 And they 
cried with a loud voice, saying. How long, O Lord, holy and 
true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that 
dwell on the earth ? 

15 : 3 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, 
and the song of the Lamb, saying. Great and marvellous are 
thy works, Lord God Almighty ; just and true are thy ways, 
thou King of saints. 4 Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and 
glorify thy name ? for thou only art holy : for all nations shall 
come and worship before thee ; for thy judgments are made 
manifest. 

19 : 1 And after these things I heard a great voice of much 
people in heaven, saying. Alleluia : Salvation, and glory, and 
honor, and power, unto the Lord our God : 2 For true and 
righteous are his judgments : for he hath judged the great 
whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and 
hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. 3 And 
again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever 
and ever. 4 And the four and twenty elders and the four 
beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, 
saying, Amen ; Alleluia. 5 And a voice came out of the . 
throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that 
fear him, both small and great. 6 And I heard as it were the 
voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, 

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479 481 PUNISHMENT FUTURE. 



Denied or disbelieved— Not reformatory— Reasons for Punishment 



and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia : for 
the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. [See 226, "and 79.] 

479. Future punishment denied or disbelieved. 

Gen. 3 : 4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall 
not surely die. 

Dt. 29 : 19 And it come to pass, when he heareth the words 
of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall 
have peace, though 1 walk in the imagination of mine heart, 
to add drunkenness to thirst. 

Ezk. 13 : 22 Because with lies ye have made the heart of 
the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad ; and strength- 
ened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from 
his wicked way, by promising him Hfe. 

2 Pet. 3 : 5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by 
the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing 
out of the water and in the water : 6 Whereby the world that 
then was, being overflowed with water, perished : 7 But the 
heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are 
kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment 
and perdition of ungodly men. [See 592, 593.] 

480. The wicked not purified by punishment. 

Rev. 16 : 9 And men were scorched with great heat, and 
blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these 
plagues : and they repented not to give him glory. 10 And 
the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast ; 
and his kingdom was full of darkness ; and they gnawed their 
tongues for pain, 11 And blasphemed the God of heaven, be- 
cause of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their 
deeds. 21 And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, 
every stone about the weight of a talent : and men blasphemed 
God because of the plague of the hail ; for the plague thereof 
was exceeding great. 

22 : 11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still : and he 
which is filthy, let him be filthy still : and he that is righteous, 
let him be righteous still : and he that is holy, let him be holy 
still. 

481. The wicked punished for the glory of God. 

Ex. 9 : 15 For noAv I will stretch out my hand, that I may 
smite thee and thy people with pestilence ; and thou ehalt be 
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Sources of. 



cut off from the earth. 16 And in very deed for this cause 
have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power ; and that 
my name may be declared throughout all the earth. 

14 : 4 I will be honored upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; 
that the Egyptians may know that I am the Lord. 

Dt. 4 : 34 Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation 
from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, 
and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a 
stretched-out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that 
the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes ? 
35 Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the 
Lord he is God : there i^ none else besides him. 

Ps. 83 : 17 Let them be confounded and troubled for ever ; 
yea, let them be put to shame, and perish : 18 That men may 
know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the 
Most High over all the earth. 

Ezk. 25 : 17 And I will execute great vengeance upon them 
with furious rebukes ; and they shall know that I am the Lord, 
when I shall lay my vengeance upon them. 

Rom. 9 : 17 For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for 
this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew 
my power in thee, and that my name might be declared 
thoughout all the earth. 22 What if God, willing to shew his 
wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much 
long-suffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction: 

23 And that he might make known the riches of his glory on 
the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory, 

24 Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but 
also of the Gentiles ? 

482. Sources of future misery, or reflections of lost souls. 

Ps. 73 : 19 How are they brought into desolation, as in a 
moment : they are utterly consumed with terrors. 

Pr. 5 : 11 And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and 
thy body are consumed, 12 And say, How have I haled in- 
struction, and my heart despised reproof; 13 And have not 
obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor incHned mine ear to 
them that instructed me ! 14 I was almost in all evil in the 
midst of the congregation and assembly. 

Jer. 8 : 20 The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we 
are not saved. 

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483 REDEMPTION BY CHRIST. 



Covenant of Redemption. 



Ezk. 22 : 14 Can thy heart endure, or can thy hands be 
strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I the Lord 
have spoken it, and will do it. 

Dan. 12 : 2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the 
earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame 
and everlasting contempt. 

Lk. 16 : 23 And in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in tor- 
ments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. 
25 But Abraham said. Son, remember that thou in thy life- 
time receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil 
things : but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. 

Rom. 3 : 19 Now we know that what things soever the law 
saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every 
mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty 
before God. 

Tit. 3 : 3 For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, dis- 
obedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living 
in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. 

Rev. 6 : 16 And said to the mountains and rocks. Fall on us, 
and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and 
from the wrath of the Lamb. 

14 : 10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of 
God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his 
indignation ; and he shall be tormented with fire and brim- 
stone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence 
of the Lamb: 11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth 
up for ever and ever : and they have no rest day nor night, 
who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiv- 
eth the mark of his name. 

22 : 15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whore- 
mongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth 
and maketh a lie. 

REDEMPTION BY CHRIST. 

483. Redemption — Covenant of. 

Ps. 89 : 3 I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have 
sworn unto David my servant, 4 Thy seed will I establish for 
ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. 

110:3 Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, 
in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning ; 
thou hast the dew of thy youth. 
446 



REDEMPTION BY CHRIST, 484 



Necessity of Atonement. 



Is. 53 : 10 Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him ; he hath 
put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for 
sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and°the 
pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand. 11 He shall 
see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied : by his 
knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he 
shall bear their iniquities. 12 Therefore will I divide him a 
portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the 
strong ; because he hath poured out his soul unto death : and 
he was numbered with the transgressors ; and he bare the sin 
of many, and made intercession for the transgressors. 

Jn. 6 : 37 All that the Father giveth me, shall come to me ; 
and him that cometh to me, I will in no wise cast out. 38 For 
I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the 
will of him that sent me. 39 And this is the Father's will 
which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me 
I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last 
day. 

17 : 6 I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou 
gavest me out of the world : thine they were, and thou gavest 
them me ; and they have kept thy word. 9 I pray for them : 
I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given 
me; for they are thine. 11 And now I am no more in the 
world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy 
Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast 
given me, that they may be one, as we are. 

484. Necessity of redemption through the atonement. 

Mat. 18 : 1 1 For the Son of man is come to save that which 
was lost. 

Jn. 3 : 18 He that believeth on him, is not condemned : but 
he that believeth not, is condemned already, because he hath 
not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 

Ac. 4 : 12 Neither is there salvation in any other : for there 
is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby 
we must be saved. 

13 : 38 Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, 
that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of 
sins ; 39 And by him all that believe are justified from all 
things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses. 

Rom. 3 ; 19 Now we know that what things soever the law 

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484 REDEMPTION BY CHRIST. 

Necessity of Atonement. 

saith, it saith to them who are under the law : that every mouth 
may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before 
God. 20 Therefore by the deeds of the law, there shall no 
flesh be justified in his sight : for by the law is the knowledge 
of sin. 

Rom. 9 : 31 But Israel, which followed after the law of 
righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness. 
32 Wherefore ? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it 
were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that 
stumbling-stone. 

Gal. 2 : 16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works 
of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have be- 
lieved in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith 
of Christ, and not by the works of the law : for by the works 
of the law shall no flesh be justified. 21 I do not frustrate the 
grace of God : for ii' righteousness come by the law, then Christ 
is dead in vain. 

3 : 10 For as many as are of the works of the law, are under 
the curse : for it is Avritten, Cursed is every one that continueth 
not in all things which are written in the book of the law to 
do them. 11 But that no man is justified by the law in the 
sight of God, it is evident : for, The just shall live by faith. 
12 And the law is not of faith. 18 For if the inheritance be 
of the law, it is no more of promise : but God gave it to Abra- 
ham by promise. 19 Wherefore then serveth the \a.wl It was 
added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to 
whom the promise was made ; and it was ordained by angels 
in the hand of a mediator. 20 Now, a mediator is not a medi- 
ator of one ; but God is one. 21/5 the law then against the 
promises of God ? God forbid : for if there had been a law given 
which could have given life, verily righteousness should have 
been by the law. 22 But the scripture hath concluded all 
under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be 
given to them that believe. 23 But before faith came, we were 
kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should after- 
wards be revealed. 24 Wherefore the law was our school- 
master to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by 
faith. 

Ph. 3 : 4 If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he 
might trust in the flesh, I more : 5 Circumcised the eighth day, 
of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of 
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HEDEMPTION BY CHRIST. 435 

Atonement by the Death of Christ. 



the Hebrews ; as touching the law, a Pharisee ; 6 Concerning 
zeal, persecuting the church ; touching the righteousness which 
IS m the law, blameless. 7 But what things were gain to me 
those I counted loss for Christ. ' 

Heb. 9:22 And almost all things are by the law purged 
with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission. 
23 It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in 
the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly 
things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 

Jam. 2 : 10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and 
yet offend in one pointy he is guilty of all. 

4S5. Atonement and redemption by the death of Christ. 

Lev. 17 : 11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood ; and I 
have given it to you upon the altar, to make an atonement for 
your souls : for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for 
the soul. 

Is. 53 : 5 But he was wounded for our trans o-ressions he 
was bruised for our iniquities ; the chastisement of our peace 
'was upon him ; and with his stripes we are healed. 6 All we 
like sheep have gone astray ; we have turned every one to 
his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of 
us all. 11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be 
satisfied : by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify 
many ; for he shall bear their iniquities. 

Mat. 20 : 28 Even as the Son of man came not to be minis- 
tered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for 
many. 

26 : 28 For this is my blood of the new testament, which is 
shed for many for the remission of sins. 

Jn. 3 : 14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilder- 
ness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up : 15 That who- 
soever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. 

6:51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven • 
if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever : and the 
bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life 
of the world. 

Ac. 20 : 28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all 
the flock over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you over- 
seers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with 
his own blood. 

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485 REDEMPTION BY CHRIST. 



Atonement by the Death of Christ. 



Rom. 3 : 24 Being justified freely by his grace, through the 
redemption that is in Christ Jesus: 25 Whom God hath set 
forth to be a propitiation, through faith in his blood, to declare 
his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, 
through the forbearance of God ; 26 To declare, / say^ at this 
time his righteousness : that he might be just, and the justifier 
of him which believeth in Jesus. 

5 : 6 For when we were yet without strength, in due time 
Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For scarcely for a righteous 
man will one die : yet peradventure for a good man some 
would even dare to die. 8 But God commendeth his love 
toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for 
us. 9 Being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from 
wrath through him. 11 And not only so, but we also joy 
in God, through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have 
now received the atonement. 18 Therefore, as by the offence 
of one. judgment came upon all men to condemnation, even so 
by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men 
imto justification of life. 19 For as by one man's disobedi- 
ence many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one 
shall many be made righteous. 

1 Cor. 5 : 7 For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us. 

15 : 3 Christ died ^zt our sins according to the scriptures. 

Gal. 2 : 20 I am crucified with Christ : nevertheless, I live ; 
yet not I, but Christ hveth in me : and the life which I now 
live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God, who 
loved me, and gave himself for me. 

3 : 13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, 
being made a curse for us : for it is written, Cursed is every 
one that hangeth on a tree : 14 That the blessing of Abra- 
ham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that 
we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. 

Ep.°2:13 But now, in Christ Jesus, ye, who sometimes 
were far off, are made nigh by the blood of Christ. 

5 : 2 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and 
hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for 
a sweet-smelling savor. 

Heb. 9 : 12 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but 
by his own blood, he entered in once into the holy place, hav- 
ing obtained eternal redemption /or t/5. 13 For if the blood 
of\ulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the 
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REDEMPTION BY CHRIST. 485 



Atonement by the Death of Christ. 



unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: 14 How 
much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal 
Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your con- 
science from dead works to serve the living God ? 22 And al- 
most all things are by the law purged with blood ; and without 
shedding of blood is no remission. 23 It was therefore neces- 
sary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be pu- 
rified with these ; but the heavenly things themselves with 
better sacrifices than these. 24 For Christ is not entered into 
the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the 
true ; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of 
God for us : 25 Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as 
the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with 
blood of others ; 26 For then must he often have suffered since 
the foundation of the world : but now once in the end of the 
world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of 
himself. 27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but 
after this the judgment : 28 So Christ was once offered to 
bear the sins of many. Heb. 13 : 12. 

10 : 10 By the which will we are sanctified through the of- 
fering of the body of Jesus Christ once/or all. 11 And every 
priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the 
same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: 12 But this 
man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins, for ever sat 
down on the right hand of God ; 13 From henceforth expect- 
ing till his enemies be made his footstool. 14 For by one of- 
fering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified. 
19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holi- 
est by the blood of Jesus, 20 By a new and living way, which 
he hath consecrated for us, through the vail, that is to say, his 
flesh. 

1 Pet. 1 : 18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not re- 
deemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your 
vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; 
19 But with the precious blood of Christ. 

2 : 24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the 
tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteous- ^ 
ness : by whose stripes ye were healed. 

3 : 18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for 
the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death 
in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit. 

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486, 487 REDEMPTION BY CHRIST. 

Christ's Righteousness — Sufficiency of Atonement. 



1 Jn. 1 : 7 But if we walk in the light, us he is in the light, 
we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus 
Christ his Son cleanse th ua from all sin. 

3 : 5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away our 
sins. 

4 : 9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, be- 
cause that God sent his only-begotten Son into the world, that 
we might live through him. 10 Herein is love, not that we 
loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to he the 
propitiation for our sins. Jn. 1 : 29, and 10 : 15. Gal. 1 : 4, and 
2 : 20. 1 Tim. 1 : 1. 

486. Redemption — Chrisfs righteousness. 

Lev. 22 : 19 Ye shall offer at your own will a male without 
blemish of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats. 20 But 
whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer : for it shall 
not be acceptable for you. 

Mai. 1:8 And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not 
evil ? and if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil ? offer it 
now unto thy governor ; will he be pleased with thee, or accept 
thy person ? saith the Lord of hosts. 

Heb. 7 : 26 For such a high priest became us, who is holy, 
harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher 
than the heavens ; 27 Who needeth not daily, as those high 
priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for 
the people's : for this he did once, when he offered up himself. 

1 Pet. 1 : 19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a 
lamb without blemish and without spot. 

487. Redemption, atonement sufficient for. 

Jn. 1 : 29 Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the 
sin of the world ! 

Jn. 3 : 17 God sent not his Son into the world to condemn 
the world, but that the world through him might be saved. 

Jn. 4 : 42 This is indeed the Christ, the Savior of the world. 

Rom. 5 : 18 Therefore, as by the offence of one judgment 
caine upon all men to condemnation, even so by the righteous- 
ness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification 
of life. 

2 Cor. 5 : 14 For the love of Christ constraineth us ; be- 
cause we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all 
dead : 15 And that he died for all, that they which live should 

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REDEMPTION BY CHRIST. 488 489 



Agency of the Father in— Peace with God. 



not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died 
for them, and rose again. 

1 Tim. 2 : 6 Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testi- 
fied in due time. 

4 : 10 Who is the Savior of all men, especially of those that 
believe. 

Heb. 2 : 9 We see Jesus, who was made a httle lower than 
the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and 
honor ; that he by the grace of God should taste death for 
every man. 

1 Jn. 2 : 2 And he is the propitiation for our sins : and not 
tor ours only, but also for tke sins of the whole world. 
[See 286, Invitations.] 

488. Agency of tke Father in redemption. 

Is. 53 : 6 All we like sheep have gone astray ; we have 
turned every one to his own way ; and the Lord hath laid on 
him the iniquity of us all. 10 Yet it pleased the Lord to 
bruise him ; he hath put him to grief 

Jn. 3 : 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only 
begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him, should not perish 
but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into 
the world to condemn the world, but that the world through 
him might be saved. 

Rom. 3 : 25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation, 
through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the 
remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God. 

Gal. 4 : 4 But when the fulness of the time was come, God 
sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law. 
5 To redeem them that were under the law, that we might re- 
ceive the adoption of sons. 

1 Jn. 4:9 In this was manifested the love of God toward 
us, because that God sent his only-begotten Son into the 
world, that we might live through him. 10 Herein is love 
not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son 
to be the propitiation for our sins. 

_ 489. Redemption, or peace with God, fcrrgiveness, justifica- 
tion, and access to the Father through Christ. 

Ac. 10 : 36 The word which God sent unto the children of 
Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ. 

Rom. 5 : 1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace 

453 



489 REDEMPTION BY CHRIST. 



Peace with God, Forgiveness, Justification, and Access. 



with God, through our Lord Jesus Christ : 2 By whom also 
we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and 
rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 10 For if when we were 
enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, 
much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. 

2 Cor. 5 : 18 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled 
us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the minis- 
try of reconciliation ; 19 To wit, that God was in Christ, rec- 
onciUng the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses 
unto them ; and hath committed unto us the word of reconcil- 
iation. 

Ep. 2 : 13 But now, in Christ Jesus, ye, who sometime were 
far off, are made nigh by the blood of Christ. 14 For he is 
our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down 
the middle wall of partition between us ; 15 Having abolished 
in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments con- 
tained in ordinances : for to make in himself of twain one new 
man, so making peace ; 16 And that he might reconcile both 
unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity 
thereby: 17 And came and preached peace to you which were 
afar off, and to them that were nigh. 18 For through him we 
both have access by one Spirit unto the Father. 19 Now 
therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow- 
citizens with the saints, and of the household of God. 

3 : 12 In whom we have boldness and access with confidence 
by the faith of him. 

Col. 1 : 20 And, having made peace through the blood of 
his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, 
I say J whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven. 
21 And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in 
your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled, 22 In 
the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy, and 
unblamable, and unreprovable, in his sight. 

Heb. 2 : 17 Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be 
made like unto his brethren ; that he might be a merciful and 
faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God, to make rec- 
onciliation for the sins of the people. 

Forgiveness, justification, and access. 

Ps. 85 : 2 Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou 
hast covered all their sin. 3 Thou hast taken away all thy 
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REDEMPTION BY CHRIST. 489 



Forgiveness, Justification, and Access. 



wrath : thou hast turned th^jself from the fierceness of thine 
anger. 

130 : 4 But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest 
be feared. 

Is. 43 : 25 I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgres- 
sions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins. 

44 : 22 I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgres- 
sions, and as a cloud, thy sins : return unto me -, for I have re- 
deemed thee. 

55 : 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous 
man his thoughts : and let him return unto the Lord, and he 
wiU have mercy upon him ; and to our God, for he will abun- 
dantly pardon. 

Jn. 10:91 am the door : by me if any man enter in, he shall 
be saved. 

Ac. 13 : 39 And by him all that believe are justified from all 
things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses. 

Rom. 3 r24 Being justified freely by his grace, through the 
redemption that is in Christ Jesus. * 

6 : 14 For sin shall not have dominion over you : for ye are 
not under the law, but under grace. 15 What then ? shall 
we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace ? 
God forbid. 

7:4 Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to 
tlie law by the body of Christ ; that ye should be married to 
another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should 
bring forth fruit unto God. 6 But now we are delivered from 
the law, that being dead wherein we were held ; that we should 
serve m newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter. 

8 : 1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which 
are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the 
Spirit. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus, hath 
made me free from the law of sin and death. 33 Who shall 
lay any thing to the charge of God's elect ? It is God that 
justifieth : 34 Who w he that condemneth ? It is Christ that 
died yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right 
hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. 37 Nay 
m all these things we are more than conquerors, through him' 
that loved us. 

1 Cor. 6 : 11 Ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, 
and by the Spirit of our God. 

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490 REDEMPTION BY CHRIST. 

Forgiveness, Justification, and Access — Adoption. 

1 Cor. 15 : 57 But thanks he to God, which giveth us the vic- 
tory, through our Lord Jesus Christ. 

Gal. 2 : 19 For I through the law am dead to the law, that 
I might live unto God. 20 I am crucified with Christ : never- 
theless, I live ; yet not 1, but Christ liveth in me : and the life 
which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of 
God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. 

5 : 18 But if ye be led by the Spirit, ye are not under the 

law. 

Ep. 1 : 6 He hath made us accepted in the Beloved. 7 In 
whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness 
of sins, according to the riches of his grace. 

2 : 18 For through him we both have access by one Spirit 
unto the Father. 19 Now therefore ye are no more strangers 
and foreigners, but fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the 
household of God. 

3 : 12 In whom we have boldness and access with confidence 
by the faith of him. 

4 : 32 Be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted, forgiving 
one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. 

Col. 1 : 21 And you, that were sometime ahenated and ene- 
mies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he recon- 
ciled, 22 In the body of his flesh through death, to present 
you holy, and unblamable, and unreprovable, in his sight: 
23 If ye continue in the I'aith grounded and settled, and he 
not moved away from the hope of the gospel. 

Heb. 4 : 16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of 
grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in 
time of need. 

10 : 14 For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them 
that are sanctified. 19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness 
to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, 20 By a new 
and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the 
vail, that is to say, his flesh. 

1 Jn. 2 : 12 I write unto you, little children, because your 
sins are forgiven you for his name's sake. 

490. Redemption embraces adoption. 

Jn. 1 : 12 But as many as received him, to them gave he 
power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on 
his name. 

456 



REDEMPTION BY CHEIST. 491 



Mercy, Faithfulness, and Loving-kindness. 



20 : 17 Jesus saitli unto her, Touch me not : for I am not yet 
ascended to my Father ; but go to my brethren, and say unto 
them, I ascend unto my Father and your Father, and to mv 
God and your God. ^ 

Rom. 8 : 14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God 
they are the sons of God. 15 For ye have not received the 
spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the 
bpirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. 16 The 
Spirit Itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the 
children of God: 17 And if children, then heirs: heirs of God 
and joint-heirs with Christ ; if so be that we suffer with kirn, 
that we may be also glorified together. 

2 Cor. 6 : 17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be 
ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing • 
and I will receive you ; 18 And will be a Father unto you, and 
ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. 
Gal. 3 : 26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in 
Christ Jesus. 29 And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's 
seed, and heirs according to the promise. 

4 : 4 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent 
forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, 5 To 
redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive 
the adoption of sons. 6 And because ye are sons" God hath 
sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, 
Father. 7 Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son j 
and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. 

Ep. 1 : 5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of chil- 
dren by Jesns Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure 
of his will. 

1 Jn. 3 : 1 Behold what manner of love the Father hath be- 
Btowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God ! 
therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. 
2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet 
appear what we shall be : but we know that, when he shall ap- 
pear, we shall be hke him ; for we shall see him as he is. 

491. Redemption connected with peculiar mercy, faithfulness, 
and loving-kindness. 

Ex. 20 : 6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that 
love me, and keep my commandments. Dan. 9 : 4. 

Dt. 7 : 9 Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he ii God, 

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491 REDEMPTION BY CHRIST. 



Mei-cy, Faithfulness, and Loving-kindness. 



the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with 
them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand 

generations. 

Dt. 32 : 9 For the Lord's portion is his people ; Jacob is the lot 
of his inheritance. 10 He found him in a desert land, and in 
the waste howling wilderness ; he led him about, he instructed 
him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. 11 As an eagle stir- 
reth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad 
her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings ; 12 So 
the Lord alone did lead him, and there was no strange god 

with him. 

Neh. 9 : 17 Thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and 
merciful, slow to anger^ and of great kindness, and forsookest 
them not. 18 Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, 
and said. This is thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, 
and had wrought great provocations; 19 Yet thou in thy 
manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness : the 
pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them 
in the way ; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them 
light, and the way wherein they should go. 20 Thou gavest 
also thy good Spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy 
manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their 
thirst. 21 Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the 
wilderness, so that they lacked nothing ; their clothes waxed 
not old, and their feet swelled not. 

Job 36 : 7 He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous : 
but with kings are they on the throne ; yea, he doth establish 
them for ever, and they are exalted. 

Ps. 105 : 12 When they were but a few men in number ; 
yea, very few, and strangers in it. 13 When they went from 
one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people ; 
14 He suffered no man to do them wrong': yea, he reproved 
kings for their sakes ; 15 Saying-, Touch not mine anointed, 
and do my prophets no harm. 

Is. 40 : 1 Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. 

54 : 8 In a httle wrath 1 hid my face from thee for a mo- 
ment ; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, 
saith the Lord thy Redeemer. 10 For the mountains shall 
depart, and the hills be removed ; but my kindness shall not 
depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be 
removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee. 17 No 
458 . 



REDEMPTIOxN BY CHRIST. 402 

Salvation by Grace. 



weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper ; and every 
tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt con- 
demn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and 
their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord. 

63 : 9 In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel 
ol his presence saved them : in his love and in his pity he re- 
deemed them ; and he bare them, and carried them all the 
days of old. 

T ^,?; ^ * ^^ ^""^ ^ ^'^^ ^^^'"'^^ ^^^^ ^^*o "le for ever ; yea 
1 will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in iudcrment' 
and in loving-kindness, and in mercies. ° ' 

Zee. 2 : 8 For thus saith the Lord of hosts : After the glory 
hatli he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you : for he 
that toucheth you, toucheth the apple of his eye. 

Mat. 28 : 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever 
I have commanded you : and io, I am with you always, even 
unto the end of the world. Amen. 

Jn 14 : 16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you 
another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; 
17 Even the Spirit of truth ; whom the world cannot receive 
because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him : but ye know 
him ; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. 18 I will 
not leave you comfortless : I will come to you 

[See 51, 85, 215, 222.] 

492. Redemption or salvation hy grace. 
Ac. 20 :24 The gospel of the grace of God. 
Rom. 3:24 Being justified freely by his grace, through the 
redemption that is in Christ Jesus. 

5 : 8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that while 
we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 15 (But not as the 
offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of 
one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the ffift 
by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded 
unto many. 16 And not as it was by one that sinned, so is 
the giit For the judgment was by one to condemnation, 
but the free gift is of many offences unto justification. 17 For 
li by one man's offence death reigned by one ; much more they 
which receive abundance of grace, and of the giftof ric^hteous- 
ness, shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.) 

9 : 16 So then, it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that 
runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy. 



492 REDEMPTION BY CHRIST. 



Salvation by Grace. 



Rom. 11:5 Even so then at this present time also there is 
a remnant according to the election of grace. 6 And if by- 
grace, then is it no more of works : otherwise grace is no more 
grace. 

1 Cor. 4 : 7 For who maketh thee to differ from another? 
and what hast thou that thou didst not receive ? now if thou 
didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not re- 
ceived it 7 

15 : 10 By the grace of God I am what I am. 

Gal. 1:61 marvel that ye are so soon removed irom him 
that called you into the grace of Christ, unto another gospel. 

Ep. 1: 5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of chil- 
dren by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure 
of his will, 6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein 
he hath made us accepted in the Beloved. 

2 : 4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love where- 
with he loved us. 5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath 
quickened us together with Christ ; (by grace ye are saved ;) 

6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together 
in heavenly places, in Christ Jesus : 7 That in the ages to come 
he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kind- 
ness toward us, through Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace are ye 
saved, through faith ; and that not of yourselves : it is the gift 
of God : 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast. 10 For 
we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good 
works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk 

in them. 

2 Tim. 1 : 9 Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy 
calling, not according to our works, but according to his own 
purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before 
the world began. 

Tit. 3 : 5 Not by works of righteousness which we have 
done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing 
of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost ; 6 Which he 
shed on us abundantly, through Jesus Christ our Savior; 

7 That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs 
according to the hope of eternal life. 

1 Pet. 1 : 10 Of which salvation the prophets have inquired 
and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should 
come unto you. 
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REGENERATION AND SANCTIFICATION. 493 494 



Redemption honorable to God and worthy of attentiou.-God able t o sa^^ 

493. Redemption through Christ honorable to God and his 
law, and worthy of attention. 

Ps. 85 : 10 Mercy and truth are met together : righteousness 
and peace have kissed each other. 

Is. 42:21 The Lord is well pleased for his righteousness' 
sake ; he will magnify the law, and make it honorable 

Rom. 3 : 26 To declare, / say, at this time his righteousness : 
that he might be just, and the justifier of him which beheveth 

'n a7\-.^^ ^"^ ^^ ^^^"^ ""^^^ ^^^^ th« 1^^ through faith? 
Lrod forbid : yea, we establish the law. 

2 Cor. 4 : 6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out 
of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the 
knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ 

/' V ^^ '^^^^ ^^^^ °^ y°^^ understanding being enlight- 
ened^ that ye may know what is the hope of his callino-, tnd 
what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints 

3 : 8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this 
grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the un- 
searchable riches of Christ; 9 And to make all men see what 
1^ the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of 
the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Je^ 
sus Christ: 10 To the intent that now unto the principalities 
and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church 
the manifold wisdom of God, 11 According to the eternal pur- 
pose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord. 

1 Tim. 1:11 According to the glorious gospel of the blessed 
<jod which was committed to my trust. 

c? ^- \^^'/^l^- ^^f ^?i"g what, or what manner of time the 
Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testi- 
fied beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that 
should follow. 12 Unto whom it was revealed, thaf noTumo 
themselves, but unto us they did minister the things which are 
now reported unto you by them that have preached the gos- 
pel unto you, with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven: 
wnich things the angels desire to look into. 

REGENERATION AND SANCTIFICATION. 

494. God able to sanctify us, and to keep us from sin. 

Ps. 110:3 Thy people shall 5e willing in the day of thv 
power. J J 

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495 REGENERATION AND SANCTIFICATION. 



Regeneration necessary. 



Jer. 32 : 17 Ah Lord God ! behold, thou hast made the 
heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out 
arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee. 

2 Cor. 9 : 8 And God is able to make all grace abound to- 
ward you ; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things^ 
may abound to every good work. 

Ep. 1 : 18 The eyes of your understanding being enlight- 
ened ; that ye may know ^vhat is the hope of his caUing, and 
what the riches of the glory of his inheritace in the saints, 
19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us- 
•ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty 
power, 20 Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him 
from the dead. 

3 : 20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly 
above all that we ask or think, according to the power that 
worketh in us. 21 Unto him he glory in the church by Christ 
Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. 

Jude 24 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, 
and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory 
with exceeding joy, 25 To the only wise God our Savior, he 
iglory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. 

Rev. 3 : 10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, 
I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall 
come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the 
earth. 

495. Regeneration necessary, or the total sinfulness of unre- 
generate works. 

Ps. 50 : 16 But unto the wicked God saith. What hast thou 
to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my 
covenant in thy mouth ? 17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, 
and castest my words behind thee. 

Is. 1 : 11 To what purpose is the multitude of your sacri- 
fices unto me ? saith the Lord : I am full of the burnt-offer- 
ings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts ; and I delight not in 
the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats. 12 When 
ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your 
hand, to tread my courts ? ] 3 Bring no more vain oblations : 
incense is an abomination unto me ; the new-moons and sab- 
baths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with ; it is in- 
iqmty, even the solemn meeting. 14 Your new-moons and 
your appointed feasts my soul hateth : they are a trouble unto 
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REGENERATION AND SANCTIFICATION. 496 



Preceded by Conviction. 



me ; I am weary to bear them. 15 And when ye spread forth 
your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you ; yea, when ye 
make many prayers, I wiK not hear : your hands are full of 
blood. 

Ezk. 18:31 Cast away from you all your transgressions, 
whereby ye have transgressed : and make you a new heart 
and a new spirit : for why will ye die, O house of Israel ? 

Am. 5:211 hate, I despise your feast-days, and I will not 
smell in your solemn assembhes. 22 Though ye offer me 
burnt-offerings and your meat-offerings, I will not accept them: 
neither will I regard the peace-offerings of your fat beasts. 
23 Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs ; for I will 
not hear the melody of thy viols. 24 But let judgment run 
down as waters and righteousness as a mighty stream. 

Mat. 15 : 7 Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, 
saying, 8 This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, 
and honoreth me with their lips ; but their heart is far from me. 
18 : 3 And said. Verily, I say unto you, Except ye be con- 
verted, and become as httle children, ye shall not enter into the 
kingdom of heaven. 

23 : 25 Wo unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! for 
ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but 
within they are full of extortion and excess. 26 Tliou blind 
Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, 
that the outside of them may be clean also. 

Jn. 3 : 3 Jesus answered and said unto him. Verily, verily, I 
say unto thee. Except a man be born again, he cannot see 
the kingdom of God. 5 Except a man be born of water, and 
of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. 
7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. 

4 : 34 God is a Spirit : and they that worship him, must 
worship him in spirit and in truth. 

Ac. 3 : 19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your 
sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall 
come from the presence of the Lord. 

^ Heb. 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him : 
for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he 
is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. [See 463.] 

496. Regeneration preceded hy conviction, and the death of 
false hopes. 

Lk. 15 : 17 And when he came to himself, he said, How 

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497, 498 REGENERATION AND SANCTIFJCATION. 



A radical Change — Nature of. 



many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to 
spare, and I perish with hunger ! IS I will arise and go to 
my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned 
against heaven, and before thee, 19 And am no more worthy 
to be called thy son : make me as one of thy hired servants. 

Jn. 16 : 7 If I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto 
you ; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. 8 And when 
he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteous- 
ness, and of judgment: 9 Of sin, because they believe not 
on me. 

Ac. 2 : 37 Now when they heard this^ they were pricked in 
their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, 
Men and brethren, what shall we do ? 

Rom. 7 : 9 For I was alive without the law once : but when 
the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. 10 And the 
commandment which was ordained to life, I found to he unto 
death. 11 For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, de- 
ceived me, and by it slew me. 

497. Regeneration, a radical change. 

Ezk. 36 : 26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new 
spirit will I put within you : and I will take away the stony 
heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. 

Rom. 2 : 28 For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly ; 
neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh : 
29 But he is a Jew which is one inwardly; and circumcision 
is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter ; whose 
praise is not of men, but of God. 

2 Cor. 5 : 17 Therefore, if any man he in Christ, he is a new 
creature : old things are passed away ; behold, all things are 
become new. 

Gal. 5 : 24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the 
flesh, with the affections and lusts. 

6:15 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any 
thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. [See 589.] 

498. Nature of regeneration. 

Jn. 3 : 6 That which is born of the flesh, is flesh ; and that 
which is born of the Spirit, is spirit. 

Ep. 4 : 22 That ye put off' concerning the former conversa- 
tion the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful 
lusts J 23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind. 
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REGENERATION AND SANCTIFICATTON. 



I 



Divine Agency in. 



499. Dimne agency in regeneratim and mnctificatim. 

Dt 30 : 6 And the Lord thy God will circumcise thv heart 
and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with aU 
thy heart, and w.th all thy soul, that thou mayest live 

rs 51 : 10 Create in me a clean heart, O God ; and renew 
a right spirit within me. r-enew 

119 : 32 I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou 
Shalt enlarge my heart. ' """ 

Jer 24 : 7 And I will give them an heart to know me that I 
«« the Lord : and they shall be my people, and I wiUbe their 

31 : 3tBu7thf'"; Tr T" "^ ""•'' "^^ -'^<"« heLf " 
ol . 33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with 

the house of Israel ; After those days, saith the Lord wHl pu^ 
my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hlrr and 
wia be their God, and they shall be my people. ' 

Ezk. 11 : 19 And I will give them one heart, and I will put 
a new ,p, ^ ^,,y,^ y„„. ^^^ j ^,„ ^^^^ 'stony hlatou 
of their flesh and will give them an heart of flesh'^: 20 Tha 
yi^ey may walk m my statutes, and keep mine ordinances and 

36 25^ Th "'tf '^ f ^ P''"!"^' ^"^ I -'" "o the 'ood 

36 .25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you and ve 

d^a 1 be clean : from all your filthiness, and from aU y ur lis 

will I cleanse you. 26 A new heart also will I give you and 

a new spirit will I put within you: and I will tflTe awa^ the 

Zl TZ I T"" ?""' f " ' "'" ^"^ y- -° hean of 
t„ ™;n "^ ' P"* ""^ ^P*"« ™*'n y™. and cause you 

to walk m my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, "Z 



Jn. 1 : 12 But as many as received him, to them gave he 

r,K ^ : ^^'^'^ ""^'^ ''°™' "ot "f blood, nor of the will 
of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God 

ha!h Ifmrdrarhir srAnl- ^:!l^i^,^ ^ 

15 : 5 Without me ye can do nothino- 

wh^iTr ^ -n h ^°' ^^ '^'"^ '" ^°^^^°^ ^'» have mercy on 
TCmL " '"'"'^' ""'^ ' ^"' '^^'^^ compassion on whom 

eth nor If vTvf'"""- V^ ^^ *''""' ^'^ '^ ""t °f him that will- 
eth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy. 



500 REGENERATION AND SANCTIFICATION. 



Divine Agency in. 



1 Cor 3-5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but 
ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to 
every man ? 6 1 have planted, Apollos watered : but Grod 
crave the increase. 7 So then, neither is he that planteth any 
thing, neither he that watereth : but God that giveth the m- 

crease. ^ ^ ^i o a 

4-7 For who maketh thee to differ from another.^ and 

what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst 

receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it ? 

Ep 2 : 4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love 

wherewith he loved us, 5 Even when we were dead in sins, 

hath quickened us together with Christ. 8 For by grace ye are 

saved, through faith ; and that not of yourselves : it is the gilt 

of God 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ 

Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that 

we should walk in them. r- j • 

4 : 24 And that ye put on the new man, which alter God is 
created in righteousness and true holiness. 

Col 1 • 12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made 
us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in hght : 
13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and 
hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son. 

Tit 3-5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, 
but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of re- 
generation, and renewing of the Holy Ghost ; 6 Which he 
shed on us abundantly, through Jesus Christ our Savior. 

Jam 1 • 18 Of his own will begat he us with the word ot 
truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures. 

500. Particular holy exercises the gift of God. 

Ac 5 : 31 Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a 
Prince and a Savior, for to give repentance to Israel, and for- 
giveness of sins. .. 1 ^ 

Rom 5 • 5 And hope maketh not ashamed : because the love 
of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which 

is given unto us. 

12 • 3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every 
man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly 
than he ought to think ; but to think soberly, accordmg as God 
hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. 
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REGENERATION AND SANCTTFICATION. 501, 502 
Divine Agency in— Effectual Calling. 



Ep. 2 : 8 For by grace are ye saved, through faith ; and 
tliat not of yourselves : it is the gift of God. 

2 Tim. 2 : 25 In meekness instructing those that oppose 
themselves ; i^ God peradventure will give them repentance to 
the acknowledging of the truth. 

501. Saints as dependent on the Spirit as sinners for holy 
affections. 

Ps. 51 : 10 Create in me a clean heart, O God ; and renew 
a right spirit within me. 1 1 Cast me not away from thy pres- 
ence; and take not thy Holy Spirit from me. 12 Restore 
unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free 
Spirit. 13 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and 
sinners shall be converted unto thee. 

119 : 32 I will run the way of thy commandments, when 
thou shalt enlarge my heart. 

1 Cor. 15 : 10 But by the grace of God I am what I am : 
and his grace which was bestowed upon me, was not in vain ; 
but I labored more abundantly than they all : yet not I, but 
the grace of God which was with me. 

502. Regeneration includes effectual calling, 

Ac. 2 : 39 For the promise is unto you, and to your chil- 
dren, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our 
God shall call. 

Rom. 1 : 6 Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus 
Christ : 7 To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be 
saints : Grace to you, and peace from God our Father, and the 
Lord Jesus Christ. 

8 : 30 Moreover, whom he did predestinate, them he also 
called : and whom he called, them he also justified : and whom 
he justified, them he also glorified. 

9 : 23 And that he might make known the riches of his glo- 
ry on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto 
glory, 24 Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, 
but also of the Gentiles ? 

11 : 29 For the gifts and calHng of God are without repent- 
ance. 

1 Cor. 1 : 9 God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto 
the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord. 23 But we 
preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumbling-block, and 
unto the Greeks foolishness ; 24 But unto to them which are 

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§03 REGENERATION AND SANCTIFICATION. 



Illumination. 



called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and 
the wisdom of God. ' 

1 Th. 2 : 12 Walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto 
his kingdom and glory. 

1 Pet. 2 : 9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priest- 
hood, an holy nation, a pecuhar people ; that ye should shew 
forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness 
into his marvellous hght. 

503. Regeneration brings out of darkness into light. 

Ps. 25 : 14 The secret of the Lord is with them that fear 
him ; and he will shew them his covenant. 

Pr. 1 : 7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowl- 
edge : but fools despise wisdom and instruction. 

16 : 23 The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth and addeth 
learning to his lips. 

28 : 5 Evil men understand not judgment : but they that 
seek the Lord understand all things. 

Ec. 8:5 Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no 
evil thing : and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and 
judgment. 

Dan. 12 : 10 Many shall be purified, and made white, and 
tried ; but the wicked shall do wickedly : and none of the 
wicked shall understand ; but the wise shall understand. 

Jn. 7 : 17 If any man will do his will, he shaU know of the 
doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself 

1 Cor. 2 : 14 But the natural man receiveth not the things 
of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: nei- 
ther can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned, 
lo But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is 
judged of no man. 

2 Cor. 4 : 6 For God, who commanded the light to shine 
out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the hght of 
the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 

Ep. 5:8 For ye were sometime darkness, but now are ye 
light in the Lord : walk as children of light. 

Col. 1 : 12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made 
us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in 
light: 13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness 
and hath translated us into kingdom of his dear Son. ' 

I Th. 5 : 4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that 
468 



REGENERATION AND SANCTIFICATION. 504, 505 



Divine Teaching— Human Activity. 



day should overtake you as a thief. 5 Ye are all the children 
of light, and the children of the day : we are not of the night 
nor of darkness. 

1 Pet. 2 : 9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priest- 
hood, a holy nation, a pecuHar people ; that ye should shew 
forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness 
into his marvellous light. 

1 Jn. 2:8 Again, a new commandment I write unto you, 
which thing is true in him and in you : because the darkness 
is past, and the true light now shineth. 9 He that saith he is 
in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until 
now. 10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and 
there is none occasion of stumbling in him. 11 But he that 
hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and 
knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath 
blinded his eyes. 20 But ye have an unction from the Holy 
One, and ye know all things. 21 I have not written unto you 
because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and 
that no lie is of the truth. [See 165.] 

504. Regeneration connected with divine teaching. 

Job 36 : 22 Behold, God exalteth by his power : who teach- 
eth like him ? 

Ps. 25 : 8 Good and upright is the Lord : therefore will he 
teach smners in the way. 9 The meek will he guide in judg- 
ment : and the meek will he teach his w^ay. 12 What man 
is he that feareth the Lord ? him shall he teach in the way 
that he shall choose. 

Is. 54 : 13 And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord ; 
and great shall be the peace of thy children. 

Jn. 6 : 45 It is written in the prophets. And they shall be all 
taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and 
hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me. 

505. Human activity. 

Ezk. 18 : 27 Again, when the wicked man turneth away 
from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that 
which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul ahve. 28 Be- 
cause he considereth and turneth away from all his transgres- 
sions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall 
not die. 

Col. 3:9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put 

40 469 



506 REGENERATION AND SANCTIFICATION. 

Conversion required. 

off the old man with his deeds ; 10 And have put on the new- 
man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him 
that created him. 

1 Pet. 1 : 22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying 
the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the breth- 
ren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently. 

506. Sinners required to " be converted." 

Dt. 10 : 16 Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, 
and be no more stiff-necked. 

32 : 46 And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the 
words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall com- 
mand your children to observe to do, all the words of this law. 

Jos. 24 : 23 Now therefore put away (said he) the strange 
gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto the 
Lord God of Israel. 

1 S. 7:3 And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, 
saying. If ye do return unto the Lord with all your hearts, 
then put away the strange gods, and Ashtaroth, from among 
you, and prepare your hearts unto the Lord, and serve him 
only : and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philis- 
tines. [Heb. 3 : 7.] 

Pr. 23 : 26 My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes 
observe my ways. 

Is. 1 : 16 Wash you, make you clean : put away the evil of 
your doings from before mine eyes ; cease to do evil ; 17 Learn 
to do well. 

42 : 18 Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see. 

45 : 22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of tlie 
earth : for I am God, and there is none else. 

55 : 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous 
man his thoughts : and let him return unto the Lord, and he 
will have mercy upon him ; and to our God, for he will abun- 
dantly pardon. 

Jer. 4 : 3 For thus saith the Lord to the men of .Tudah and 
Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among 
thorns. 4 Circumcise yourselves to the Lord, and take away 
the foreskins of your heart. 14 O Jerusalem, wash thine heart 
from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall 
thy vain thoughts lodge within thee ? 

Ezk. 18 : 30 Repent, and turn yourselves from all your trans- 
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REGENERATION AND SANCTIFICATION. 506 

Conversk)n required. 

gressions ; so iniquity shall not be your ruin. 31 Cast away 
from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have trans- 
gressed : and make you a new heart and a new spirit : for 
why will ye die, O house of Israel 1 32 For I have no pleas- 
ure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God : where- 
fore turn yourselves, and live ye. 

33 : 11 Say unto them, ^5 I live, saith the Lord God, I have 
no pleasure in the death of the wicked ; but that the wicked 
turn from his way and live : turn ye, turn ye from your evil 
ways ; for why will ye die, O house of Israel ? 

Joel 2 : 12 Therefore also now, saith the Lord, Turn ye even 
to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, 
and with mourning. 13 And rend your heart, and not your 
garments, and turn unto the Lord your God. 

Ac. 3:19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your 
sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall 
come from the presence of the Lord. 

8 : 22 Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray 
God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven 
thee. 23 For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, 
and in the bond of iniquity. 

16 : 31 And they said. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and 
thou shalt be saved, and ihy house. 

26 : 20 But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Je- 
rusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judea, and then to 
the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do 
works meet for repentance. 

Rom. 12 : 2 And be not conformed to this world : but be ye 
transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove 
what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God. 

13 : 14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ and make not 
provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof. 

2 Cor. 5 : 20 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as 
though God did beseech you by us : we pray you in Christ's 
stead, be ye reconciled to God. 

Ep. 4 : 22 That ye put off concerning the former conversa- 
tion the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful 
lusts ; 23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind : 24 And 
that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in 
righteousness and true holiness. 

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507 REGENERATION AND SANCTIFICATION. 



Evidences of. 



Ep. 5 : 14 Wherefore he saith, AAvake, thou that sleepest, and 
arise from the dead, and Christ shall srive thee h^ht. 

Jam. 4 : 7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the 
devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Draw nigh to God, and he 
will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners, and 
purify your hearts, ye double-minded. [See Invitations, 286.] 

507. Evidence of regeneration. 

Ps. 119 : 6 Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect 
unto all thy commandments. 

Mat. 7 : 16 Ye shall know them by their fruits : Do men 
gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles ? 17 Even so every 
good tree bringeth forth good fruit ; but a corrupt tree bringeth 
forth evil fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, 
neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 19 Every 
tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast 
into the fire. 20 Wherefore, by their fruits ye shall know 
them. 21 Not every one that saith unto me. Lord, Lord, shall 
enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will 
of my Father which is in heaven. 

Jn. 8 : 47 He that is of God, heareth God's words : ye there- 
' fore hear them not, because ye are not of God. 

13 : 35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, 
if ye have love one to another. 

Jn. 14:21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth 
them, he it is that loveth me. 23 Jesus answered and said 
unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words : and my 
Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make 
our abode with him. 24 He that loveth me not, keepeth not 
my sayings : and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the 
Father's which sent me. 

Rom. 8 : 9 If any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is 
none of his. 14 As many as are led by the Spirit of God, they 
are the sons of God. 

Jam. 2 : 17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being 
alone. 

1 Jn. 2 : 3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we 
keep his commandments. 4 He that saith, I know him, and 
keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not 
in him. 5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the 
love of God perfected : hereby know we that we are in him. 
472 



REPENTANCE. 



50§ 



Nature and Effects of. 



6 He that saith he abideth in him, ought himself also so to 
walk, even as he walked. 

3 : 14 We know that we have passed from death unto life, 
because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother 
abideth in death. 18 My little children, let us not love in 
word, neither in tongue, but in deed and in truth. 19 And 
hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our 
hearts before him. 24 And he that keepeth his command- 
ments, dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know 
that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us. 

5 : 1 Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ, is born of 
God: and every one that loveth him that begat, loveth him also 
that is begotten of him. 2 By this we know that we love the 
children of God, when we love God, and keep his command- 
ments. 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his com- 
mandments ; and his commandments are not grievous. 4 For 
whatsoever is born of God, overcometh the world : and this is 
the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. 

REPENTANCE. 

508. Nature and effects of repentance, 

Ezra 9 : 5 And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my 
heaviness ; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell 
upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the Lord my 
God. 6 And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to Hft 
up my face to thee, my God : for our iniquities are increased 
over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens. 
7 Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great tres- 
pass unto this day ; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, 
and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings "of 
the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to a spoil, and to con- 
fusion of face, as it is this day. 

Job 42 : 5 I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear : 
but now mine eye seeth thee : 6 Wherefore I abhor myself 
and repent in dust and ashes. 

Ps. 38 : 4 For mine iniquities are gone over mine head : as 
an heavy burden they are too heavy for me. 5 My wounds 
Btink, and are corrupt because of my foolishness. 6 I am 
troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the 
day long. 7 For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: 
and there is no soundness in my flesh. 8 I am feeble and sore 

40* 473 



609 



REPENTANCE. 
Required. 



broken : I have roared by reason of the disquietness of mine 
heart. IS For I will declare mine iniquity ; I will be sorry for 
my sin. 

Ps. 51 : 3 For I acknowledge my trasgressions : and my sin is 
ever before me. 4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and 
done this evil in thy sight : that thou mightest be justified 
when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest. 

Ezk. 36 : 31 Then shall ye remember your own evil ways 
and your doings that were not good, and shall loathe your- 
selves in your own sight for your iniquities, and for your abom- 
inations. Ezk. 20 : 43. 

Mat. 26 : 75 And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which 
said unto him. Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. 
And he went out, and wept bitterly. 

Lk. 15 : 18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto 
him. Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, 
19 And am no more worthy to be called thy son : make me as 
one of thy hired servants. 

18 : 13 And the publican, standing afar off. would not lift up 
so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, 
saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. 

2 Cor. 7 : 9 Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, 1: at 
that ye sorrowed to repentance : for ye were made sorry after 
a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in noth- 
ing. 11 For behold this self-same thing, that ye sorrowed af- 
ter a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what 
clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, 
yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge ! 
In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this 
matter. 

509. Repentance required. 

Ezk. 14 : 6 Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus 
saith the Lord God ; Repent, and turn yourselves from your 
idols ; and turn away your faces from all your abominations. 

18 : 30 Therefore, I will judge you, O house of Israel, every 
one according to his ways, saith the Lord God. Repent, and 
turn yourselves from all your transgressions ; so iniquity shall 
not be your ruin. 31 Cast away from you all your transgres- 
sions, whereby ye have transgressed : and make you a new 
heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house oi 
474 



REPENTANCE. 510 



Secures Forgiveness and Salvation. 



Israel ? 32 For I have no pleasure in the death of him that 
dieth, saith the Lord God : wherefore turn yourselves, and 
live ye. 

Mat, 3 : 1 In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in 
the wilderness of Judea, 2 And saying, Repent ye ; for the 
kingdom of heaven is at hand. 

4 : 17 From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say. 
Repent ; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 

Mk. 6 : 7 And he called unto him the twelve, and began to 
send them forth by two and two, and gave them power over 
unclean spirits. 12 And they went out, and preached that men 
should repent. 

Lk. 13 : 3 I tell you, Nay ; but except ye repent, ye shall 
all likewise perish. 

Ac. 2 : 38 Then Peter said unto them. Repent, and be bap- 
tized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ, for the re- 
mission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. 

3 : 19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins 
may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come 
from the presence of the Lord. 

8 : 22 Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray 
God, if perhaps the thought of thy heart may be forgiven thee. 

17 : 30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at ; but 
now commandeth aU men every where to repent. 

20 : 21 Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, 
repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus 
Christ. 

26 : 20 But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Je- 
rusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judea, and then to 
the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do 
works meet for repentance. 

Rev. 2 : 5 Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, 
and repent, and do the first works ; or else I will come unto thee 
quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, ex- 
cept thou repent. 

510. Repentance secures forgiveness and salvation. 

2 Ch. 7 : 14 If my people, which are called by my name, 
shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn 
from their wicked ways ; then will I hear from heaven, and 
will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. 

475 



510 REPENTANCE. 



Secures Forgiveness and Salvation. 



Ps. 34 : 18 The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken 
heart ; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. 

51 : 17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit : a broken 
and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. 

147 : 3 He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their 
wounds. 

Is. 55 : 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighte- 
ous man his thoughts : and let him return unto the Lord, and 
he will have mercy upon him ; and to our God, for he will 
abundantly pardon. 

57 : 15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth 
eternity, whose name is Holy ; I dwell in the high and holy 
place, with him also thai is of a contrite and humble spirit, to 
revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the 
contrite ones. 

66 : 2 For all those things hath my hand made, and all those 
things have been, saith the Lord : but to this man will I look, 
even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit^ and tremblelh 
at my word. 

Jer. 3 : 22 Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal 
your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee ; for thou art 
the Lord our God. 

Hos. 6 : 1 Come, and let us return unto the Lord : for he 
hath torn, and he will heal us ; he hath smitten, and he will 
bind us up. 2 After two days will he revive us : in the third, 
day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. 3 Then 
shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord : his going 
forth is prepared as the morning ; and he shall come unto us 
as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth. 

Joel 2 : 12 Therefore also now. saith the Lord, Turn ye eveti 
to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, 
and with mourning : 13 And rend your heart, and not your 
garments, and turn unto the Lord your God : for he is gra- 
cious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and 
repenteth him of the evil. 

Zee. 1 : 3 Therefore, say thou unto them. Thus saith the 
Lord of hosts; Turn ye unto me, saith the Lord of hosts, and 
I will turn unto you, saith the Lord of hosts. 

Mat. 5 : 3 Blessed are the poor in spirit : for theirs is the 
kingdom of heaven. 4 Blessed are they that mourn : for 
they shall be comforted. 
476 . 



REPENTANCE. 511512 



Ascribed to God— Spurious Repentance. 



Lk. 15 :21 And the son said unto him, Father, I have sin- 
ned against Heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy 
to be called thy son. 22 But the father said to his servants 
Brmg forth the best robe, and put it on him ; and put a ring 
on his hand, and shoes on his feet : 23 And bring hither the 
fatted calf, and kill it ; and let us eat, and be merry. 
511. The sense in which God repents. 

Jer. 18 : 7 At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, 
and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and 
to destroy lY; 8 If that nation against whom I have pronounced, 
turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to 
do unto them. 9 And at what instant I shall speak concerning 
a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it ; 
10 If It do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I 
Will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them. 
26 : 2 Thus saith the Lord ; Stand in the court of the Lord's 
house, and speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to 
worship in the Lord's house, all the words that I command 
thee to speak unto them ; diminish not a word : 3 If so be they 
will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way, that I may 
repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto them because 
of the evil of their doings. 13 Therefore now amend your 
ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the Lord your 
God ; and the Lord will repent him of the evil that he hath 
pronounced against you. 

Ezk. 33 : 14 Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt 
surely die ; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful 
and right; 15 If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that 
he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing 
iniquity ; he shall surely live, he shall not die. 16 None of his 
sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him : he 
hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live. 
512. Spurious repentance. 

Mat. 27 : 3 Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he 
saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brouo-ht 
again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, 

4 Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent 
blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that. 

5 And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and de- 
parted, and went and hanged himself 

477 



513 REPROOF. 

Required and exemplified. 



2 Cor. 7 : 10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salva- 
tion not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world work- 
eth death. 

REPROOF. 

513. Faithful reproof required and exemplified. 

Lev. 19 : 17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart : 
thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbor, and not suflfer sin 
upon him. 

Pr. 6 : 23 For the commandment is a lamp ; and the law is 
light ; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life. 

19 : 25 Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware : and re- 
prove one that hath understanding, and he will understand 
knowledge. 

28 : 4 They that forsake the law praise the wicked, but such 
as keep the law contend with them. 23 He that rebuketh a 
man, afterwards shall find more favor than he that flattereth 
with the tongue. 

Ec. 12 : 11 The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails 
fastened hy the masters of assemblies, which are given from 
one shepherd. 

Ezk. 16 : 1 Again the word of the Lord came unto me, say- 
ing, 2 Son of man. cause Jerusalem to know her abominations. 

Mat. 18 : 15 Moreover, if thy brother shall trespass against 
thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone : if 
he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. 

Lk. 17 : 3 Take heed to yourselves : If thy brother trespass 
against thee, rebuke him ; and if he repent, forgive him. 

Ep. 5 : 11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works 
of darkness, but rather reprove them. 

Col. 3 : 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in al 
wisdom ; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms, 
and hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your 
hearts to the Lord. 

1 Th. 5 : 14 Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that 
are unruly, comfort the feeble-minded, support the weak, be 
patient toward all men. 

2 Th. 3 : 14 And if any man obey not our word by this epis- 
tle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he 
may be ashamed. 15 Yet count him not as an enemy, but ad- 
monish him as a brother. 

478 



REPROOF. 514^ 515 

Received by the Wise— Rejected by the Unwise. 

Examples. 

Neh. 13 : 11 Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why 
IS the house of God forsaken ? And I gathered them together 
and set them in their place. 17 Then I contended with the 
nobles of Judah, and said unto them. What evil thing is this 
that ye do, and profane the sabbath day? 18 Did not your 
fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us 
and upon this city ? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by 
profaning the sabbath. 

Dan. 5 : 22 And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not hum- 
bled thme heart, though thou knewest all this; 23 But hast 
lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven ; and they have 
brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy 
lords, thy wives and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them ; 
and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, 
iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and 
the God m whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy 
ways, hast thou not glorified. 24 Then was the part of the 
hand sent from him ; and this writing was written. 

Hos. 5 : 2 And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, 
though I have been a rebuker of them all. 

Mat. 16 : 23 But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee be- 
hind me, Satan ; thou art an offence unto me: for thou savor- 
est not the things that be of God, but those that be of men. 

Lk. 23 : 40 But the other answering, rebuked him, saying, 
Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemna- 
tion ? [See Ministry, 404.] 

514. Beproof gratefully received by the humble. 

Ps. 141 : 5 Let the righteous smite me ; it shall be a kind- 
ness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, 
which sh^W not break my head : for yet my prayer also .Aa/J 
be in their calamities. 

Pr. 25 : 12 As an ear-ring of gold, and an ornament of fine 
gold, so IS a wise reprover upon an obedient ear. 

28 : 23 He that rebuketh a man, afterwards shall find more 
lavor than he that flattereth with the tongue. 

515. Beproof rejected by the proud, 

Pr. 1 : 7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowl- 
edge : but fools despise wisdom and instruction. 25 But ye 

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516, 517 iiEPRoop. 

Wisdom of receiving, and Folly of rejecting it— Self-correction. 

have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my re- 
proof. 

Pr. 13 : 1 A wise son heareth his father's instruction : but 
a scorner heareth not rebuke. 

15 : 10 Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the 
way : and he that hateth reproof shall die. 12 A scorner 
loveth not one that reproveth him : neither will he go unto the 
wise. 

Am. 5 : 10 They hate him that rebuke th in the gate, and 
they abhor him that speaketh uprightly. 

Lk. 3 : 19 But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for 
Herodias his brother PhiHp's wife, and for all the evils which 
Herod had done, 20 Added yet this above all, that he shut up 
John in prison. 

Jn. 3 : 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, 
neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 

7 : 7 The world cannot hate you ; but me it hateth, because 
I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil. 

516. Wisdom of receiving reproof— folly of rejecting it. 

Pr. 6 : 23 For the commandment i.9 a lamp ; and the law is 
light ; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life. 

10 : 17 He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction : but 
he that refuseth reproof erreth. 

12 : 1 Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge : but he 
that hateth reproof is brutish. 

13: 18 Poverty and shame shall he to him that refuseth in- 
struction : but he that regardeth reproof shall be honored. 

15 : 5 A fool despiseth his father's instruction : but he that 
regardeth reproof is prudent. 10 Correction is grievous unto 
him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall 
die. 31 The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among 
the wise. 32 He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own 
soul : but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding. 

29 : 1 He that, being often reproved, hardeneth his neck, 
shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy. 

Ec. 4: 13 Better is a poor and a wise child, thein an old and 
foolish king, who will no more be admonished. 

517. Reprovers should correct their own faults. 

Mat. 7 : 3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy 
brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own 
480 



REPUTATION— RESTTRRECT ION OF THE DEAD. 518,519 
__^_Value of Reputation.— General Resurrection. 



eye ? 4 Or how wilt tliou say to thy brother, Let me pull out 
the mote out of thin^ eye ; and behold, a beam is in thine own 
eye i 5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine 
own eye ; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote 
out of thy brother's eye. 

^re there any whom it is hopeless to reprove ' 

[See 385.] 

REPUTATION. 

518. Value of reputation. 

Pr. 22 : 1 A good name is rather to be chosen than ffreat 
riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold. 

Ec 7: 1 A good name is better than precious ' ointment • 
and the day of death than the day of one's birth. ' 

RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD. 
51 P. General resurrection of the dead. 

Job 19 : 26 And though after my skin worms destroy this 
body, yet m my flesh shall I see God. 

Hos. 13 : 14 I will ransom them from the power of the 
grave ; I will redeem them from death : O death, I will be thv 
plagues, O grave, I will be thy destruction. 

Jn 5 : 28 Marvel not at this : for the hour is coming, in the 
which ah that are in the graves shall hear his voice, 29 And 
shall come forth ; they that have done good, unto the resurrec- 
tion of life ; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrec- 
tion ot damnation. 

6 : 40 And this is the will of him that sent me, that every 
one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have ever- 
lasting life : and I will raise him up at the last day 

o/lr ^\*^^'''^ '^'^^ ''''^^ ^^^' Thy brother shall rise again. 
24 Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in 
the resurrection at the last day. 

Ac. 4 : 1 And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and 
the captam of the temple, and the Sadducees came upon them 
2 Beinggneved that they taught the people, and preached 
through Jesus the resurrection from the dead. 

24 : 15 And have hope toward God, which they themselves 
also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead both 
ot the just and unjust. 

41 481 



520 RESURRECTION OT THE DEAD. 



Incorruptible Bodies. 



Ac. 26 : 8 Why should it be thought a thing incredible with 
you, that God should raise the dead ? 

Rom. 6 : 8 Now, if we be dead with Christ, we believe that 
we shall also live with him : 9 Knowing that Christ, being 
raised from the dead, dieth no more ; death hath no more do- 
minion over him, 

8 : 23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the 
first-fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within our- 
selves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our 

body. 

1 Cor. 6 : 14 And God hath both raised up the Lord, and 
will also raise up us by his own power. 

15 : 21 For since by man came death, by man came also the 
resurrection of the dead. 22 For as in Adam all die, even so 
in Christ shall all be made alive. [See the whole chapter.] 

2 Cor. 4 : 14 Knowing, that he which raised up the Lord 
Jesus, shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present ?«s with 

you. 

1 Th. 4 : 16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven 
with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the 
trump of God : and the dead in Christ shall rise first : 17 Then 
we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together 
with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air : and so 
shall we ever be with the Lord. 

520. Tlie dead raised with incorruptible bodies. 

1 Cor. 15 : 35 Bat some man will say. How are the dead 
raised up ? and with what body do they come ? 36 Thoit fool, 
that which thou sowest is not quickened except it die : 37 And 
that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall 
b3. 42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in 
corruption, it is raised in incorruption : 43 It is sown in dis- 
honor, it is raised in glory : it is sown in weakness, it is raised 
in power : 44 It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual 
body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. 
50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit 
the kingdom of God ; neither doth corruption inherit incorrup- 
tion, 52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last 
trump : for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be 
raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53 For this 
corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put 
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REVIVALS. 521 

Ancient Revivals. 



on immortality. 54 So when this corruptible shall have put 
ZT/'TT^ ""l^ this mortal shall have put on immorfal- 
^y, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written 
Death IS swallowed up in victory. ' 

2 Cor. 5 : 2 For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be 
clothed upon with our house which is from heaven : 3 If so 
be hat being clothed we shall not be found naked. 4 For we 

that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality 
might be swallowed up of life. "luriaiiiy 

Ph. 3:20 For our conversation is in heaven; from whence 
also we look for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ: 2rWho 
shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto 
his glorious body according to the working whereby he is able 
even to subdue all things unto himself « is ame 

REVIVALS. 
521. Ancient revivals. 
Ac. 2 • 41 Then they that gladly received his word, were 

three thousand souls. 42 And they continued steadfastly in 
the apostles' doctrme and fellowship, and in breaking ofb ead 

Z h" ^""^T ■ *^ ^"'^ ^'^' """" "P°" «^'«^y ^»»"l : and many 
wonders and signs were done by the apostles. 44 And aU 
that beheved were together, and had all things common • 
« And sold the,r possessions and goods, and parted them "o 
all ™.n as eve.7 man had need. 46 And they, continuing 
da>ly w,th one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from 
house to house, d.d eat their meat with gladnesfand sinZ 
ness of heart 47 Praising God, and having favor with aute 
peope. And the Lord added to the church daily such as 
should be saved. ^ ^ 

.nd \t ^"""^Y'' fY °^ ^^""^ '^^^^'^^ ^"^^^ '^'^ ^ord, believed, 
and the number of the men was about five thousand 

*•. ; ^^^^"^ behevers were the more added to the Lord, mul- 
titudes both of men and women. 

r.^''i ^A^nl ^^'^'P '^^''^ ^°''^" '^ '^^ ^'^y o^ Samaria, and 
preached Christ unto them. 6 And the people with one ac- 
cord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing 
and seemg the miracles which he did. 7 For unclean spirits 
crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed 



522 REVIVALS. 



Outpouring of the Spirit. 



with them : and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, 
were healed. 8 And there was great joy in that city. 

Ac. 11:19 Now they which were scattered abroad upon the 
persecution that arose about Stephen, travelled as far as Phe- 
nice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but 
unto the Jews only. 20 And some of them were men of Cy- 
prus and Cyrene, which when they were come to Antioch, 
spake unto the Grecians, preaching the Lord Jesus. 21 And 
the hand of the Lord was with them : and a great number be- 
lieved, and turned unto the Lord. 22 Then tidings of these 
things came unto the ears of the church which was in Jerusa- 
lem : and they sent forth Barnabas, that he should go as far 
as Antioch. 23 Who, when he came, and had seen the grace 
of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of 
heart they would cleave unto the Lord. 24 For he was a good 
man, and full of the Holy Ghost, and of faith : and much peo- 
ple was added unto the Lord. 

14 ; 1 And it came to pass in Iconium, that they went both 
together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a 
great multitude, both of the Jews, and also of the Greeks, be- 
lieved. 

522. The Holy Spirit specially ^^ poured out " during ancient 
revivals. 

Pr. 1 : 23 Turn you at my reproof: behold. I will pour out 
my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you. 

Is. 32 : 15 Until the Spirit be poured upon us from on high, 
and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be 
counted for a forest. 16 Then judgment shall dwell in the 
wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field. 

44 : 3 For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and 
floods upon the dry ground : I will pour my Spirit upon thy 
seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring. 

Ezk. 39 : 29 Neither will I hide my face any more from 
them : for I have poured out my Spirit upon the house of Is- 
rael, saith the Lord God. 

Joel 2 : 28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will 
pour out my Spirit upon all flesh ; and your sons and your 
daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, 
your young men shall see visions : 29 And also upon the ser- 
vants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out 
my Spirit. 
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REVIVALS RICHES. 523 525 



Prayer for— Spurious Revivals.— Corrupting tendency of Riches. 



Zee. 12 : 10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and 
upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of 
supplications : and they shall look upon me whom they have 
pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his 
only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in 
bitterness for his first-born. 

1 Pet. 1 : 12 Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto them- 
selves, but unto us they did minister the things which are now 
reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto 
you, with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which 
things the angels desire to look into. 
523. Revivals to he prayed for. 

Ps. 122 : 6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem : they shall pros- 
per that love thee. 

Is. 62 : 6 Ye that make mention of the Lord, keep not si- 
lence, 7 And give him no rest, till he estabhsh, and till he 
make Jerusalem a praise in the earth. 

Dan. 9 : 17 Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of 
thy servant, and his supphcations, and cause thy face to shine 
upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake. 

Hab. 3:20 Lord, I have heard thy speech and was afraid: 
O Lord, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the 
raidst of the years make known ; in wrath remember mercy. 

Mat. 6 : 10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth 
as it is in heaven. 

Lk. JO : 2 Therefore said he unto them. The harvest truly is 
great, but the laborers are few : pray ye therefore the Lord of 
the harvest, that he would send forth laborers into his harvest. 

524. Spurious revivals. 

Mat. 23 : 15 Wo unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypo- 
crites ! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte ; 
and when he is made, ye make him two-fold more the child of 
hell than yourselves. 

Rom. 10 : 2 For I bear them record that they have a zeal " 
of God, but not according to knowledge. 

Gal. 4:17 They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, 
they would exclude you, that ye might affect them. 

RICHES. 

525. RicJies have a corrupting and dangerous tendency. 
Gen. 13 : 10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the 

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^^^ RICHES. 



Corrupting tendency of. 



plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before 
the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden 
of the Lord hke the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto 
^oar. 11 Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan : and 
Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one 
from the other. 12 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan 
and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his teni 
toward Sodom. 13 But the men of Sodom were wicked and 
smners before the Lord, exceedino-]y. 

Gen. 19:24 Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon 

Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven • 

25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the 

inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground. 

Dt. 8:11 Beware that thou forget not the Lord thy 

God, m not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, 

and his statutes, which I command thee this day: 12 Lesl 

when thou hast eaten, and art full, and hast built goodly 

houses, and dwelt therein ; 13 And when thy herds and thy 

flocks multiply and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and 

all that thou hast is multiplied ; 14 Then thy heart be lifted 

«p,and thou forget the Lord thy God, which brought thee 

oo ?o* ?f ^ ^^""^ °^ ^^^P*' ^'^"^ ^^^ h«^«^ «^ bondage. 
.y. fl ? "^^^^ ^'"^ "^^ °^ ^^^ ^'S^ places of the earth, 

that he might eat the increase of the fields ; and he made him 
to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock: 
14 Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and 
rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kid- 
neys of wheat ; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the 
grape. 15 But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked : thou art 
waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness: 
then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the 
Kock of his salvation. 

Pr. 1:32 For the turning away of the simple shall slay 
them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them. 

30 : 8 Remove far from me vanity and lies ; give me neither 
poverty nor riches ; feed me with food convenient for me: 
9 Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say. Who is the Lord? or 
lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. 

Lc. 5 : 12 The sleep of a laboring man w sweet, whether he 
cat little or much : but the abundance of the rich will not 
suffer him to sleep. 13 There is a sore evil which I have seen 
486 



RICHES. 526 

Not to be eagerly sought. 



under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to 
their hurt. 

Jer. 22:21 I spake unto thee in thy prosperity; but thou 
eaidst, I will not hear. This hath been thy manner from thy 
youth, that thou obeyedst not my voice. 

Ezk. 16 : 49 Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sod- 
om, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in 
her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand 
of the poor and needy. 50 And they were haughty, and com- 
mitted abomination before me : therefore I took them away as 
I saw good. 

28 : 5 By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick, hast thou 
mcreased thy riches, and thy heart is hfted up because of thy 
riches. 

Mat. 19 : 23 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily, I say 
unto you. That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom 
of heaven. 24 And again I say unto you, It is easier for a 
camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man 
to enter into the kingdom of God. 

Mk. 4 : 19 And the cares of this world, and the deceitful- 
ness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke 
the word, and it becometh unfruitful. 

1 Tim. 6 : 8 And having food and raiment, let us be there- 
with content. 9 But they that will be rich, fall into tempta- 
tion, and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, 
which drown men in destruction and perdition. 10 For the 
love of money is the root of all evil : which while some covet- 
ed after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced them- 
selves through with many sorrow^s. 11 But thou, O man of 
God. flee tiiese things ; and follow after righteousness. 

2 Tim. 4 : 10 For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved 
this present world. 

526. Riches not to be eagerly sought. 

Pr. 23 : 4 Labor not to be rich : cease from thine own wis- 
dom. 

28 : 20 A faithful man shall abound with blessings : but he 
that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent. 22 lie 
that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not 
that poverty shall come upon him. 

Is. 5:8 Wo unto them that join house to house, that lay 

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626 



RICHES. 



Not to be eagerly sought. 



field to field, till there he no place, that they may he placed 
alone in the midst of the earth ! 

Mat. 6 : 19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, 

where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break 

through and steal : 20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in 

heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where 

thieves do not break through nor steal. 21 For where your 

treasure is, there will your heart be also. 24 No man can 

serve two masters : for either he will hate the one, and love 

the other ; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the 

other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. 25 Therefore I 

say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, 

or what ye shall drink ; nor yet for your body, v/hat ye shall 

put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than 

raiment? 32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek) 

for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all 

these things. 33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and 

his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you. 

34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow : for the morrow 

shall take thought for the things of itself Sufficient unto the 

day is the evil thereof 

Mk. 8 : 36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the 
whole world, and lose his own soul ? 37 Or what shall a 
man give in exchange for his soul ? 

Lk. 6 : 24 But wo unto you that are rich ! for ye have re- 
ceived your consolation. 25 Wo unto you that are full ! for 
ye shall hunger. 

12 : 19 And I will say to my soul. Soul, thou hast much goods 
laid up for many years ; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be 
merry. 20 But God said unto him, TTiow fool, this night thy 
soul shall be required of thee : then whose shall those things 
be which thou hast provided ? 21 So is he that layeth up 
treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God. 33 Sell that 
ye have, and give alms : provide yourselves bags which wax 
not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no 
thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth. 34 For where your 
treasure is, there will your heart be also. 

21 : 34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your 
hearts be overcharged with surfeiting and drunkenness, and 
cares of this fife, and so that day come upon you unawares. 
Jn. 6 : 27 Labor not for the meat which perisheth, but for 
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RICHES. 52y 

Vain and transitory. 



that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son 
of man shall give unto you : for him hath God the Father 
sealed. 

Rom. 13 : 14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make 
not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof. 

Col. 3:2 Set your affection on things above, not on things 
on the earth. ^ 

2 Pet. 2 : 14 Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot 
cease from sm ; beguiling unstable souls : a heart they have 
exercised with covetous practices; cursed children: 15 Which 
have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following 
the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wa<res of 
unrighteousness; 16 But was rebuked for his iniquity: the 
dumb ass, speaking with man's voice, forbade the madness of 
the prophet. 

527. Riches vain and transitoTy. 

Pr. 23: 5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? 
tor nches certainly make themselves wings ; they fly away as 
an eagle toward heaven. 

Ec. 1 : 2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of 
vanities ; all is vanity. 14 I have seen all the works that are 
done under the sun ; and behold, all is vanity and vexation of 
spirit. 

2:41 made me great works ; I builded me houses ; I planted 
me vineyards: 5 I made me gardens and orchards, and I 
planted trees m them of all kind of fruits : 6 I made me pools 
of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees : 
7 I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my 
house ; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle 
above all that were in Jerusalem before me ; 8 I gathered me 
also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings, and of 
the provinces : I gat me men-singers and women-singers, and 
the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and 
that of all sorts. 9 So I was great, and increased more than 
all that were before me in Jerusalem : also my wisdom re- 
maixied with me. 10 And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept 
not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my 
heart rejoiced in all my labor : and this was my portion of all 
my labor. 11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands 
had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do : and 

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528, 529 RICHES RIGHTEOUSNESS. 



Proper Use of Riches.— Righteousness and Honesty required. 



behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no 
profit under the sun. 17 Therefore I hated life ; because the 
work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me : for 
all is vanity and vexation of spirit. 18 Yea, I hated all my 
labor which I had taken under the sun : because I should leave 
it unto the man that shall be after me. 19 And who know- 
eth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool ? yet shall he have 
rule over all my labor wherein I have labored, and wherein I 
have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity. 
[See 133.] 

528. Proper tcse of riches. 

1 Tim. 6 : 17 Charge them that are rich in this world that 
they be not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in 
the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; 
18 That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready 
to distribute, willing to communicate ; 19 Laying up in store 
for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that 
they may lay hold on eternal life. [See LiberaUty, 364.] 

RIGHTEOUSNESS. 

529. Righteousness, truth, and honesty in spiritual and tem- 
poral things required. 

Lev. 19 : 36 Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a 
just hin shall ye have: I am the Lord your God, which 
brought you out of the land of Egypt. 

Dt. 6 : 18 And thou shalt do that which is right and good in 
the sight of the Lord : that it may be well with thee. 

16 : 20 That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that 
thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the Lord thy 
God giveth thee. 

Ps. 51 ; 6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts : 
and in the hidden pari thou shalt make me to know wisdom. 

Pr. 21 : 3 To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to 
the Lord than sacrifice. 

Is. 56 : 1 Thus saith the Lord, Keep ye judgment, and do 
justice : for my salvation is near to come, and my righteous- 
ness to be revealed . 

Mic. 6 : 8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good ; and 
what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to 
love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God ? 
490 



RIGHTEOUSNESS. coq 



Rewarded, or "Gain of GodUness." 



Zee. 7 : 9 Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, Exe- 
cute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassion! eve,^ 
man to his brother: 10 And oppress not the widow, nor the 
fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor ; and let none of you ima^ 
gme evil against his brother in your heart 

wh^r; |^;^^j"^^^ '^^'^^^'^ to aU th'eir dues: tribute to 
whom tribute zs due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom 
fear ; honor to whom honor. 8 Owe no man any thing but 
to love one another : for he that loveth another hath fulfilled 



the law. 



•fw u^^ f^^""^ therefore, having your loms girt about 
with truth, and having on the breast-plate of righteousness. 
Jr^ JT' r B^J^thou, O man of God, flee these things; 
meeknisT ''Shteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, 

n J''' ^' V ^u '^' ^'^'' °^ ^'^ '^^^ ^''""Seth salvation hath 
appeared to all men, 12 Teaching us, that denying ungodli- 
ness, and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and 
godly, in this present world. -^y, ^na 

530. Righteousness and honesty rewarded, or the ^^ gain of 
godliness^ ^ J 

2 Ch. 16 : 9 For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro through- 
out the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of 
them whose heart is perfect toward him. 

god^ t Wm^" '''' '" "^^^^ '^^' ''' '^''' ^- ^^^^ - 

5 : 12 For thou, Lord, wilt bless the rignteous; with favor 
wilt thou compass him as with a shield. 

15 : 1 Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle ? who shall 
dwell in thy holy hill 1 2 He that walketh uprightly, and 
worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart. 
S He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his 
neighbor, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbor. 
b He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh re- 
ward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall 
never be moved. ^ ^ 

• '^V ^, ^^T^ '"^ ^^® ^°^^' ^""^ '^° ^°od 5 ^0 Shalt thou dwell 
m the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. 9 For evil doers 
shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the Lord, they shall 
mherit the earth. 10 For yet a httle while, and the wicked 

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630 



RIGHTEOUSNESS. 



Rewarded, or " Gain of Godliness." 



shall not be : yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and 
it shall not be. 17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken : 
but the Lord upholdeth the righteous. 18 The Lord know- 
eth the days of the upright : and their inheritance shall be for 
ever. 19 They shall not be ashamed in the evil time : and in 
the days of famine they shall be satisfied. 20 But the wicked 
shall perish, and the enemies of the Lord shall be as the fat of 
lambs : they shall consume ; into smoke shall they consume 
away. 25 I have been young, and now am old ; yet have 1 
not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. 
26 He is ever merciful, and lendeth, and his seed is blessed* 
27—40. 

Ps. 58 : 11 So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward 
for the righteous : verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth. 

84:11 For the Lord God i> a sun and shield: the Lord 
will give grace and glory ; no good thi7ig will he withhold from 
them that walk uprightly. 

92 : 12 The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree : he 
shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. 13 Those that be planted 
in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our 
God. 14 They shall still bring forth fruit in old age ; they 
shall be fat and flourishing; 15 To shew that the Lord is un- 
right. ^ 

97 : 11 Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the 
upright in heart. 

112 : 1 Praise ye the Lord. Blessed is the man that feareth 
the Lord, that delighteth greatly in his commandments. 
2 His seed shall be mighty upon earth : the generation of the 
upright shall be blessed. 3 Wealth and riches shall be in his 
house : and his righteousness endureth for ever. 4 Unto the 
upright there ariseth light in the darkness. 5—10. 

Pr. 3:3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them 
about thy neck ; write them upon the table of thy heart : 4 So 
shalt thou find favor and good understanding in the sight of 
God and man. 31 Envy thou not the oppre°ssor, and choose 
none of his ways. 32 For the froward is abomination to the 
Lord : but his secret is with the righteous. 33 The curse of 
the Lord is in the house of the wicked : but he blesseth the 
habitation of the just. 34 Surely he scorneth the scorners : 
but he giveth grace unto the lowly. 35 The wise shall inherit 
glory : but shame shall be the promotion of fools. 
492 



RIGHTEOUSNESS. 530 



Rewarded, or "Gain of Godliness. 



10 : 2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing : but right- 
eousness delivereth from death. 3 The Lord will not suffer 
the soul of the righteous to famish : but he casteth away the 
substance of the wicked. 6 Blessings are upon the head of 
the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. 
7 The memory of the just is blessed : but the name of the 
wicked shall rot. 9 He that walketh uprightly walketh surely.- 
but he that perverteth his ways shall be known. 25 As the 
whirlwind passeth, so ?^ the wicked no more: but the righteous 
is an everlasting foundation. 29 The way of the Lord is 
strength to the upright: but destruction s/iaZZ he to the workers 
of iniquity. 30 The righteous shall never be removed : but 
the wicked shall not inhabit the earth. 

11 : 17 The merciful man doeth good to his own soul : but 
he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh. 18 The wicked 
worketh a deceitful work : but to him that soweth righteous- 
ness shall be a sure reward. 19 As righteousness tendeth to 
life : so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death. 

20 They that are of a fro ward heart are abomination to the 
Lord : but such as are upright in their way are his delight. 

21 Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpun- 
ished : but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered. 31 Be- 
hold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth : much 
more the wicked and the sinner. 

13 : 6 Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the 
way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner. 2r Evil pur- 
sueth sinners : but to the righteous good shall be repaid. 22 A 
good man leave th an inheritance to his children's children : 
and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just. 

14 : 30 A sound heart is the life of the flesh : but envy the 
rottenness of the bones. 34 Righteousness exalteth a nation : 
but sin is a reproach to any people. 

16 : 8 Better is a little with righteousness, than great reve- 
nues without risrht. 

20 : 7 The just man walketh in his integrity : his children 
are blessed after him. 

21 : 21 He that followeth after righteousness and mercy, 
findeth hfe, righteousness, and honor. 

28 : 18 Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved ; but he that 
is perverse in his ways shall fall at once. 

Is. 32 : 17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace j 

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^^^ RIGHTEOUSNESS. 



Rewarded, or " Gain of Godliness." 



and the effect of righteousness, quietness and assurance for 



ever. 



Is 33 : 15 He that walketh righteously, and speaketh upright- 
y; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his 
hands from holding of bribes, that stoppethhis ears from hear- 
ing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil j 16 He 
shall dwell on high : his place of defence shall be the munitions 
ot rocks : bread shall be given him ; his waters shall be sure. 
58 : 6 Is not this the fast that I have chosen ? to loose the 
bands ot wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let 
the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke 1 7 Is it 
not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou brincr the 
poor that are cast out to thy house ? when thou seest the ntked, 
that thou cover him ; and that thou hide not thyself from thine 
own flesh ? 8 Then shall thy light break forth as the morn- 
ing, and thy health shall spring forth speedily: and thy right- 
eousness shall go before thee ; the glory of the Lord shall be 
thy rere-ward. 9 Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall an- 
swer ; thou Shalt cry, and he shall say. Here I am. If thou 
. take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth 
of the finger, and speaking vanity. 10—12. 

Dan. 3:18 But if not, be it known unto thee, O liingr^ that 
we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image^which 
thou hast set up. 30 Then the king promoted Shadrach, 
Meshach, and Abed-nego, in the province of Babylon. 

Mat. 5 : 6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after 
righteousness: for they shall be filled. 

6 : 33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his right- 
eousness, and all these things shall be added unto you. 

1 Tim. 4:8 For bodily exercise profiteth little : but godli- 
ness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life 
that now is, and of that which is to come. 9 This ?^ a faithful 
saying, and worthy of all acceptation. 

6 : 6 But godliness with contentment is great gain. 
1 Pet. 3: 10 For he that will love life, and see good days, 
let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they 
speak no guile: 11 Let him eschew evil, and do good: let 
him seek peace, and ensue it. 12 For the eyes of the Lord 
are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers : 
but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil. 13 And 
who T> he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which 
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RIGHTS OF MAN. 531 

Common Rights. 



is good ? 14 But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, hap- 
py are ye. [See 275.] 

RIGHTS OF MAN. 
531. Common rights of man. 

1. ^ right to liberty and justice. 

^ Ex. 21 : 16 And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or 
if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death. 

Is. 10:1 Wo unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, 
and that write grievousness which they have prescribed ; 2 To 
turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the 
right from the poor of my people. 

Lam. 3 : 35 To turn aside the right of a man before the 
face of the Most High, 36 To subvert a man in his cause, the 
Lord approveth not. 

Am. 5 : 12 For I know your manifold transgressions ana 
your mighty sins : they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and 
they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right. 

2. A right to inquire freely, and to form and express opinions. 

Lk. 12 : 57 Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not 
what is right ? 

Jn. 5: 39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye 
have eternal life : and they are they which testify of me. 

1 Cor. 10 : 29 Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the 
other : for why is my liberty judged of another man's con- 
science? 

1 Th. 5 : 21 Prove all things ; hold fast that which is good. 

1 Jn. 4 : 1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spir- 
its whether they are of God : because many false prophets 
are gone out into the world. 

3. A right to pursiie mental culture. 

Pr. 4 : 13 Take fast hold of instruction ; let her not go : 
keep her ; for she is thy life. 

19 : 2 Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not 
good. 

23:23 Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and in- 
struction, and understandinor. 

Lk. 11 : 52 Wo unto you, lawyers ! for ye have taken away 
the key of knowledge : ye entered not in yourselves, anrt them 
that were entering in ye hindered. 

495 



^^^ ROBBERY. 



Forbidden and denounced. 



4. To enjoy the fruits of our own industry. 

Ec. 3 : 22 Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better 
than that a man should rejoice in his own works ; for that il 
his portion : for who shall bring him to see what shall be af- 
ter him ? 

5 : 18 Behold that which I have seen : it is good and comely 
for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his la- 
bor that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life which 
God giveth him : for it is his portion. ' 

5. .-3 rig-ht to our own wives and children. 

Ec. 9 : 9 Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all 
the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee 
under the sun, all the days of thy vanity : for that is thy por- 
tion m this life, and in thy labor which thou takest under the 



sun. 



Mat. 19 : 6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh 
What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put 
asunder. 

Ep. 6:4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to 
wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of 
the Lord. [See Knowledge.] 

ROBBERY. 

532. Bobbery forbidden and denounced. 

Lev. 19 : 13 Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbor, neither 
rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with 
thee all night until the morning. 

Pr. 21 : 7 The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them ; 
because they refuse to do judgment. 

22 : 22 Rob not the poor, because he is poor : neither op- 
press the afflicted in the gate : 23 For the Lord will plead 
their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them. 

28 : 24 Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, 
It is no transgression ; the same is the companion of a de- 
stroyer. 

Is. 61 : 8 For I the Lord love judgment, I hate robbery for 
burnt-offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will 
make an everlasting covenant with tliem. 

Ezk. 22 : 29 The people of the land have used oppression, 
and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy : 
yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully. 30 And I 
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When instituted— Enjoined. 



sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, 
and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not 
destroy it: but I found none. 31 Therefore, have I poured 
out mine indignation upon them ; I have consumed them with 
the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensed 
upon their heads, saith the Lord God. 

SABBATH. 

533. Instituted in Paradise. 

Gen. 2 : 1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished 
and all the host of them. 2 And on the seventh day God 
ended his work which he had made ; and he rested on the 
seventh day from all his work which he had made. 3 And 
God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that 
m It he had rested from all his work which God created and 
made. 

Ex. 20:11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and 
earth, the sea and all that in them is, and rested the seventh 
day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath-day, and hal- 
lowed it. 

534. Sabbath enjoined and recognised in the Decalogue, and 
other parts of the Old Testament. 

Ex. 20:8 Remember the sabbath-day to keep it holy. 
9 Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work : 10 But the 
seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God. 

Dt. 5 : 14 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord 
thy God. 

Neh. 13 : 15 In those days saw 1 in Judah some treading 
wme-presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and 
ladmg asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of 
burdens, which they brought into .Jerusalem on the sabbath-day : 
and I testified against them, in the day wherein they sold vic- 
tuals. 16 There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought 
fish, and all manner of ware, and sold on the sabbath unto the 
children of Judah, and in Jerusalem. 17 Then I contended 
with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing 
IS this that ye do, and profane the sabbath-day? 18 Did not 
your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon 
us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel 
by profaning the sabbath. 

Ezk. 44 : 24 And in controversy they shall stand in judg- 

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535 



SABBATH. 



Recognised by Christ. 



ment; and they shall judge it according to my judgments : 
and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all mine as- 
semblies ; and they shall hallow my sabbaths. 

535. Sabbath recognised, and its proper works of mercy as- 
serted by Christ, the " Lord of the Sabbath:^ 

Mat. 12 : 1 At that time Jesus went on the sabbath-day 
through the corn, and his disciples were an hungered, and be- 
gan to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat. 2 But when the 
Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do 
that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath-day. 3 But 
he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did when he 
was an hungered, and they that were with him ; 4 How he 
entered into the house of God, and did eat the shew-bread, 
which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which 
were with him, but only for the priests ? 5 Or have ye not read 
in the law how that on the sabbath-days the priests in the tem- 
ple profane the sabbath, and are blameless? U And he said 
unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall 
have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath-day, 
will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out ? 12 How much then 
is a man better than a sheep ? Wherefore it is lawful to do 
well on the sabbath-days. 13 Then saith he to the man, 
Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it forth; and it 
was restored whole, like as the other. Mk. 2 : 23—28. Lk. 
6 : 1—10. 

24 : 20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, 
neither on the sabbath-day. 

Mk 2 : 27 And he said unto them. The sabbath was made 
for man, and not man for the sabbath : 28 Therefore, the Son 
of man is Lord also of the sabbath. 

3 : 4 And he saith unto them. Is it lawful to do good on the 
sabbath-days, or to do evil ? to save life, or to kill ? but they 
held their peace. 

Lk. 13: 11 And behold, there was a woman which had a 
spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and 
could in no wise lift up herself. 12 And when Jesus saw her, 
he called her to him, and said unto her, Woman, thou art 
loosed from thine infirmity. 13 And he laid Ais hands on her: 
and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God. 
14 And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, 
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Appropriate Duties of. 



because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath-day. and said 
unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to 
work: in them therelbre come and be healed, and not on the 
sabbath-day. 15 The Lord then answered him, and said, 
Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose 
his ox or kis ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering ? 
16 And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, 
whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed 
from this bond on the sabbath-day? 17 And when he had 
said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed. 

23 : 55 And the women also, which came with him from 
Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his 
body was laid. 56 And they returned, and prepared spices 
and ointments ; and rested the sabbath-day, according to the 
commandment. 

Jn. 5 : 8 Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and 
walk. 9 And immediately the man was made whole, and took 
up his bed, and walked : and on the same day was the sab- 
bath. 10 The Jews therefore said unto him that v/as cured, 
It is the sabbath-day ; it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed. 
16 And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to 
slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath- 
day. 17 But Jesus answered them. My Father worketh hith- 
erto, and I work. 

536. Appropriate duties of the Sabbath. 

Lev. 19 : 30 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my 
sanctuary : I am the Lord. 

Ezk. 46 : 3 Likewise the people of the land shall worship at 
the door of this gate before the Lord in the sabbaths and in the 
new-moons. 

Mk. 6 : 2 And when the sabbath-day was come, he [Christ] 
began to teach in the synagogue : and many hearing him were 
astonished, saying, From whence hath this man these things ? 
and what wisdom is this which is given unto him, that even 
such mighty works are wrought by his hands ? 

Lk. 4 : 16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been * 
brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the syna- 
gogue on the sabbath-day, and stood up for to read. 31 And 
came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them 
on the sabbath-days. 

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^^' SABBATH. 

To be kept Holy. 



tn 1 nr ^ i ^^ ?"*.7^'" *^^'>^ ^"P^^^^^ ^'•^"^ Perga, they came 
to Antioch m Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sab- 
bath-day, and sat down. 15 And after the reading of the law 
and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, 
saymg, Ye men and brethren, if ye have any word of exhorta- 
tion for the people, say on. 16 Then Paul stood up, and beck- 
omng with his hand, said. Men of Israel, and ye that fear God 
give audience. 42 And when the Jews were gone out of the 
synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be 
preached to them the next sabbath. 44 And the next sab- 
bath-day came almost the whole city together to hear the word 
01 God. 

15 : 21 For Moses of old time hath in every city them that 
preach him being read in the synagogues every sabbath-day. 

17 : ^ And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and 
three sabbath-days reasoned with them out of the scriptures. 

18 : 4 And he [Paul] reasoned in the synagogue every sab- 
bath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks. 

1 Cor. 16 : 2 Upon the first day of the week let every one of 
you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there 
be no gatherings when I come. 

Heb. 10 : 25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves to 
gether, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another • 
and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching 

Is. 66 : 23. Ps. 84 : 1-10, and 132 : 7. 

537. Sabbath to be kept holy, or works that may not be done. 

Ex. 16 : 23 And he said unto them, This is that which the 
Lord hath said, To-morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath 
unto the Lord : bake that which ye will bake to-day and 
seethe that ye will seethe ; and that which remaineth over 
lay up foryou to be kept until the morning. 24 And they laid it 
up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not slink, nei- 
ther was there any worm therein. 25 And Moses said, Eat 
that to-day j for to-day ?5 a sabbath unto the Lord ; to-day ye 
shall not find it in the field. 26 Six days ye shall gather it; 
but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall 
be none. 27 And it came to pass, that there went out some of 
the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found 
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SABBATH. 537 



To be kept Holy. 



none. 28 And the Lord said unto Moses, How long refuse 
ye to keep my commandments and my laws ? 29 See, for 
that the Lord hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth 
you on the sixth day the bread of two days : abide ye every 
man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the sev- 
enth day. 30 So the people rested on the seventh day. 

20 : 8 Remember the sabbath-day to keep it holy. 9 Six 
days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work : 10 But the sev- 
enth day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God : in it thou shalt 
not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy 
man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy 
stranger that is within thy gates: 11 For in six days the Lord 
made heaven and earth, the sea and all that in them is, and 
rested the seventh day : wherefore the Lord blessed the sab- 
bath-day, and hallowed it. 

23 : 12 Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh 
day thou shalt rest : that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and 
the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed. 

31 : 13 Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, 
Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep : for it is a sign between me and 
you throughout your generations ; that ye may know that I am 
the Lord that doth sanctify you. 14 Ye shall keep the sabbath 
therefore : for it is holy unto you. Every one that defileth it 
shall surely be put to death : for whosoever doeth any work 
therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people. 
15 Six days may work be done, but in the seventh is the sab- 
bath of rest, holy to the Lord : whosoever doeth any work in 
the sabbath-day he shall surely be put to death. 16 Where- 
fore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe 
the sabbath throughout their generations, /or a perpetual cov- 
enant. 17 It is a sign between me and the children of Israel 
forever: form six days the Lord made heaven and earth, 
and on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed. 

34 : 21 Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day 
thou shalt rest : in earing-time and in harvest thou shalt 
rest. 

35 : 3 Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations 
upon the sabbath-day. 

Lev. 23 : 3 Six days shall work be done ; but the seventh day 
is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation : ye shall do no work 
therein: it is the sabbath of the Lord in all your dwellings. 

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538 SABBATH. 

Rewards to Sabbath-keepers. 

Lev. 26 : 2 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my 
sanctuary : I am the Lord. 

Dt. 5 : 12 Keep the sabbath-day to sanctify it, as the Lord 
thy God hath commanded thee. 13 Six days thou shalt labor, 
and do all thy work ; 14 But the seventh day is the sabbath of 
the Lord thy God : in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor 
thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy man-servant, nor thy maid- 
servant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor 
thy stranger that is within thy gates ; that thy man-servant 
and thy maid-servant may rest as well as thou. 15 Andre- 
member that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and 
that the Lord thy God brought thee out thence through a 
mighty hand and by a stretched-out arm : therefore the Lord 
thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath-day. 

Jer. 17 : 21 Thus saith the Lord ; Take heed to yourselves, 
and bear no burden on the sabbath-day, nor bring it in by the 
gates of Jerusalem ; 22 Neither carry forth a burden out of 
your houses on the sabbath-day, neither do ye any work, but 
hallow ye the sabbath-day, as I commanded your fathers. 27. 

Mat. 24 : 20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the win- 
ter, neither on the sabbath-day. 

Lk. 23 : 56 And they returned, and prepared spices and oint- 
ments; and rested the sabbath-day, according to the com- 
mandment. 

538. Rewards to sabbath-keepers. 

Is. 56 : 2 Blessed rs the man that doeth this, and the son of 
man that layeth hold on it ; that keepeth the sabbath from pol- 
luting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil. 6 Also 
the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the Lord, to 
serve him, and to love the name of the Lord, to be his ser- 
vants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, 
and taketh hold of my covenant ; 7 Even them will I bring to 
my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of 
prayer : their burnt-offerings and their sacrifices shall be ac- 
cepted upon mine altar ; for my house shall be called a house 
of prayer for all people. 

58 : 13 If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from 

doinor thy pleasure on my holy day ; and call the sabbath a 

delight, the holy of the Lord, honorable ; and shalt honor him, 

not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasurcj^ nor 

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SABBATH. 539 

Punishment of Sabbath-breakers. 



speaking thine own words : 14 Then shalt thou delight thyself 
in the Lord ; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high 
places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob 
thy father : for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. 

Jer. 17 : 24 And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hear- 
ken unto me, saith the Lord, to bring in no burden through 
the gates of this city on the sabbath-day, but hallow the sab- 
bath-day, to do no work therein ; 25 Then shall there enter 
into the gates of this city kings and princes sitting upon the 
throne of David, riding in chariots and on Tiorses, they and 
their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jeru- 
salem : and this city shall remain for ever. 

539. Punishment qf sabbath-breakers, 

Ex. 35 : 2 Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh 
day there shall be to you a holy day, a sabbath of rest to the 
Lord : whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death. 

Num. 15 ; 32 And while the children of Israel were in the 
wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the 
sabbath-day. 35 And the Lord said unto Moses, The man 
shall be surely put to death : all the congregation shall stone 
him with stones without the camp. 36 And all the congrega- 
tion brought him without the camp, and stoned him with 
stones, and he died; as the Lord commanded Moses. 

Jer. 17 : 27 But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the 
sabbath-day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the 
gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath-day ; then will I kindle a 
fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Je- 
rusalem, and it shall not be quenched. 

Ezk. 20 : 15 Yet also I hfted up my hand unto them in the 
wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I 
had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the 
glory of all lands ; 16 Because they despised my judgments, 
and walked not in my statutes, but polluted my sabbaths : for 
their heart went after their idols. 20 And hallow my sab- 
baths ; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye 
may know that I am the Lord your God. 21 Notwithstand- 
ing, the children rebelled against me : they walked not in my 
statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a 
man do, he shall even live in them : they polluted my sab- 
baths : then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to 
accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness. 

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540, 541 SABBATH SAINTS. 



Sabbath the First Day of the Week.— Saints differ from Others. 



Ezk. 22 : 26 Her priests have violated my law, and have profa- 
ned mine holy things : they have put no difference between the 
holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between 
the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my 
sabbaths, and I am profaned among them. 31 Therefore, 
have I poured out mine indignation upon them ; 1 have consu- 
med them with the fire of my wrath : their own way have I 
recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord God. 

540. The first day of the week distinguished and observed af- 
ter the resurrection of Christ. 

Mk. 16 : 9 Now, when Jesus was risen early, the first day of 
the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom 
he had cast seven devils. Ps. 118 : 24. 

Jn. 20 : 19 Then the same day at evening, being the first 
day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples 
were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in 
the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. Mk. 16 : 9. 
Mat. 28 : 1, 8, 9. 

Ac. 20 : 7 And upon the first day of the week, when the dis- 
ciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, 
(ready to depart on the morrow) and continued his speech un- 
til midnight. 

1 Cor. 16:2 Upon the first day of the week let every one of 
you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there 
be no gatherings when I come. 

Rev. 1 : 10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard 
behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet. 

SAINTS. 

541. Saints radically differ from sinners. 

Ps. 1:2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord ; and in 
his law doth he meditate day and night. 4 The ungodly are 
not so : but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. 

Pr. 29 : 27 An unjust man is an abomination to the just ; 
and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked. 

Is. 5 : 20 Wo unto them that call evil good, and good evil ; 
that put darkness for light, and light for darkness ; that put 
bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter ! 

Jer. 15: 19 Therefore thus saith the Lord, If thou return, 
then will I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before me : 
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SAINTS. 542 

Opposite Appellations of Saints and Sinners. 



and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be 
as my mouth : let them return unto thee ; but return not thou 
unto them. 

Ezk. 44 ; 23 And they shall teach my people the difference 
between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern be- 
tween the unclean and the clean. 

Ac. 8:21 Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter : for 
thy heart is not right in the sight of God. 

2 Cor. 5 : 17 Therefore, if any man he in Christ, he is ^ new 
creature : old things are passed away, behold, aU things are 
become new. 

6 : 14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers : 
for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness ? 
and what communion hath light with darkness ? 

Tit. 2 : 14 Who gave himself for us, that he m'ight redeem 
us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, 
zealous of good works. 

1 Pet. 2 : 9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priest- 
hood, an holy nation, a peculiar people ; that ye should shew 
forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness 
into his marvellous ho-ht. 

1 Jn. 5 : 19 And we know that we are of God, and the whole 
world lieth in wickedness. [See 497.] 

542. Opposite appellations applied to saints and sinners. 

1. The godly and the ungodly. 

Ps. 1:1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel 
of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth 
in the seat of the scornful. 4 The ungodly are not so : but 
are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. 5 Therefore 
the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the 
congregation of the righteous. 

2. The just and the unjust. 

Pr. 29 : 27 An unjust man is an abomination to the just ; 
and he that is upright in the way?s abomination to the wicked. 

Mat. 5 : 45 That ye may be the children of your Father 
which is in heaven : for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil 
and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the un- - 
just. 

13:49 So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels 
shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just. 
2 Pet. 2 : 7 And delivered just Lot. vexed with the filthy 

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542 SAINTS. 



Opposite Appellations of Saints and Sinners. 



conversation of the wicked : 8 (For that righteous man dwell- 
ing among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous 
soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds ;) 9 The 
Lord knoweth how to dehver the godly out of temptations, 
and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be 
punished. 

3. The righteous and the wicked. 

Gen. 7 : 1 And the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all 
thy house into the ark : for thee have I seen righteous before 
me in this generation. 

Ps. 34 : 15 The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, 
and his ears are open unto their cry. 

37 : 16 A little that a righteous man hath is better than the 
riches of m^ny wicked. 17 For the arms of the wicked shall 
be broken : but the Lord upholdeth the righteous. 18 The 
Lord knoweth the days of the upright : and their inheritance 
shall be for ever. 20 But the wicked shall perish, and the 
enemies of the Lord shall be as the fat of lambs : they shall 
consume ; into smoke shall they consume away. 

Pr. 25 : 26 A righteous man falling down before the wicked 
is as Si troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring. 

29 : 27 An unjust man is an abomination to the just ; and he 
that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked. 

Mai. 3 : 16 Then they that feared the Lord spake often one 
to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it; and a 
book of remembrance was written before him for them that 
feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name. 17 And 
they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when 
I make up my jewels ; and I will spare them, as a man spareth 
his own son that serveth him. 18 Then shall ye return and 
discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him 
that serveth God and him that serveth him not. 

4. Friends of Ood and enemies of God. 

Is. 1 : 24 Therefore saith the Lord, the Lord of hosts, the 
nighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, 
md avenge me of mine enemies. 

Jam. 2:23 And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, 
\braham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for 

ghteousness: and he was called the Friend of God. 

5. Without guile, and hypocrites. 

Mat. 23 : 27 Wo unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! 
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Opposite Appellations of Saints and Sinners^ 



for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear 
beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones and 
of all uncleanness. ' 

Jn. 1 :47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of 
him, Behold an Israehte indeed, in whom is no guile !' 

6. Believers and unbelievers. 

Ac. 5 : 14 And behevers were the more added to the Lord 
multitudes both of men and women. ' 

2 Cor. 6: 14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbe- 
hevers : for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrigh- 
teousness ? and what communion hath light with darkness ? 

7. Sheep, and wolves or serpents. 

Mat. 23 : 33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ve 
escape the damnation of hell? 

25 : 33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand but the 
goats on the left. 

Jn. 10:14 1 am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and 
am known of mine. 

Ac. 20 : 29 For I know this, that after my departing shall 
grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. 

8. Children of Ood, and children of the devil. 

Mat. 13 : 38 The field is the world ; the good seed are the 
children of the kingdom ; but the tares are the children of the 
wicked one. 

Jn. 8 : 44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of 
your father ye will do : he was a murderer from the beginnino-, 
and abode not in the truth ; because there is no truth in him! 
When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own ; for he is a 
liar, and the father of it. 

Ac. 13 : 10 And said, O full of all subtilty, and all mischief, 
thou child of the devil, th^u enemy of all righteousness, wilt 
thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord ? 

Rom. 8 : 16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, 
that we are the children of God : 17 And if children, then 
heirs : heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ ; if so be that 
we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. 

1 Jn. 3 : 10 In this the children of God are manifes't, and the 
children of the devil : whosoever doeth not righteousness is 
not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother. 

5 : 2 By this we know that we love the children of God, 
when we love God, and keep his commandments. 

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543 SAINTS. 



Characteristics of. 



9. Children of obedience and children of disobedience. 

Ep. 2 : 1 And you hath he quickened., who were dead in 
trespasses and sins ; 2 Wherein in time past ye walked ac- 
cording to the course of this world, according to the prince of 
the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children 
of disobedience. 

5 : 6 Let no man deceive you with vain words : for because 
of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of 
disobedience. 

1 Pet. 1:14 As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves 
according to the former lusts in your ignorance. 

10. Children of light, and children of darkness. 

Is. 42 : 18 Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see. 

Lk. 16 : 8 And the lord commended the unjust steward, be- 
cause he had done wisely : for the children of this world are 
in their generation wiser than the children of light. 

1 Th. 5 : 5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children 
of the day : we are not of the night, nor of darkness. 

11. Children of the kingdom and children of wrath. 

Mat. 13 : 38 The field is the world ; the good seed are the 
children of the kingdom ; but the tares are the children of the 

wicked one. 

Ep. 2 : 3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in 
times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the 
flesh and of the mind ; and were by nature the children of 
wrath, even as others. 

PECULIAR CHARACTERISTICS OF REAL SAINTS. 

543. Saints love, hope, and delight in God, and have fellow- 
ship and communion with him. 

Ex. 15 : 2 The Lord is my strength and song, and he is be- 
come my salvation ; he is my God, and I will prepare him an 
habitation ; my father's God, and 1 will exalt him. 

1 S. 2 : 1 And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth 
in the Lord, mine horn is exalted in the Lord ; my mouth ia 
enlarged over mine enemies ; because I rejoice in thy salva- 
tion. 

Ps. 16 : 5 The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and 
of my cup : thou maintainest my lot. 8 I have set the Lord 
always before me : because he is at my right hand, I shall not 

be moved. 

18 : 2 The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my de- 

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Characteristics of. 



liverer ; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust ; my buck- 
ler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. 

34 : 2 My soul shall make her boast in the Lord : the hum- 
ble shall hear thereof^ and be glad. 

38 : 15 For in thee, O Lord, do I hope : thou wilt hear, O 
Lord my God. 21 Forsake me not, O Lord : O my God, be 
not far from me. 

39 : 7 And now, Lord, what wait I for ? my hope is in thee. 

42 : 1 As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth 
my soul after thee, O God. 2 My soul thirsteth for God, for 
the living God : when shall I come and appear before God ? 

43 :4 Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my 
exceeding joy : yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God 
my God. 

51 : 11 Cast me not away from thy presence ; and take not 
thy Holy Spirit from me. 

63 : 1 O God, thou art my God ; early will I seek thee : my 
soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and 
thirsty land, where no water is ; 2 To see thy power and thy 
glory, so a^ I have seen thee in the sanctuary. 8 My soul fol- 
loweth hard after thee : thy right hand upholdeth me. 

73 : 25 Whom have I in heaven but thee 7 and there is none 
upon earth that I desire besides thee. 26 My flesh and my 
heart faileth : but God is the strength of my heart, and my 
portion for ever. 

119:57 Thou art my portion, O Lord: I have said that I 
would keep thy words. 

Is. 12 : 2 Behold, God is my salvation ; I will trust, and not 
be afraid : for the Lord JEHOVAH is my strength and my 
song ; he also is become my salvation. 

26 : 8 Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Lord, have we 
waited for thee ; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to 
the remembrance of thee. 9 With my soul have I desired 
thee in the night ; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek 
thee early. 

61 : 10 I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be 
joyful in my God. 

Lam. 3 : 24 The Lord is my portion, saith my soul ; there- 
fore will I hope in him. 

Hab. 3 : 17 Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither 
shall fruit be in the vines ; the labor of the ohve shall fail, and 

43* 509 



544 



ibe fcUi sImH vkM no Beat ; the iock slinfl be nut oIT fivM 
diefeld.Mdaer««*^feiM>heff4Mlhe8lal5: IS Yet I iril 
MMCe in tbe Lordl I wM. jof in tke Go4 of mr saivatioii. 

Rob. 5 : ^ By wkon ako v« haiT« mccas kj ftoik into tlM 
grace whereu we standi aBd Rjoioe m hope of Ae ^oiy ofGod. 

1 Cor. 1 : 9 God is hiAfal, )iy wkon 3ne were rriki obI* 
tke felkimiah y of hie Soo Jes^os Chiist oar LottL 

1 Jb. 1 : 3 That wkich we hai« sees and keard dedaie wie 
«atovo«. tkat v^ afeaaiay IniTe fclaaiJu y with as: and traty 
^m fiMtt iiiifcip ^ witk Ae Faiher, and wkk his San Jcaos CknoL 

5U. Saiate kme ami 9b«9 JGed's imm, mad tki^M m nV Mk 



Ps. 1 : 3 BfA kk dd^kt w in tke kt v of tke Loan ; 
his law doth he Meditate daj and nigbL 

119:S0 MjF aaal kRnkeAi fiir tke kngin^ fknf d Antt nto 

deBskt cad my MWiMilliai 42 So skail I have 
Id answer kna ^t repronckctk Me: for I tiwt ia tky 
49 ReMoaher tke wwd nato thy servant, vyan wkkk 
kaBtcnowdmetDkope. 74 Tkey tkat fear tkce wil ke gind 
wkentheyseeme: becaaaelkafvekoped Btk^wwd. 97 O 
kMT kyvel tfar iaw ! it ismr idilitiun aBd^dar. 103 
awcet are tky words uaaa m^^tnEie! yea. j a iai if 
tamfmsmih. Ill Thy MiUMimialii faa^^ 1 taken as aa 
iiage for ever: for tkey are the re^oidns of 

above fine gold. 12S TVrefore 1 esteem al ffty preeapts 
uiiii% al dku«* lo he right; oad I kate even 
131 I <ipcnBd My aaailh . and panted: far I l ion g"^ fortkyo 
Its. 196 Rivers of waters ran down vae cye^ 

ke^ am Iky law. 140 Thy ward irvery 
thy servant lavcth it 143 Troahle and angaiik 

156 Ib«^eUtbe traaagreBsors. and was griered : be- 
they kept not tin- word. 159 Ccosider how I krvc thy 
Dcksn nM. O L^oao. siiwding ts tky lovaig^kiad- 
le? I rei«cc at thy word, as one that fiuklk event 
163 I hnte and nbkor Ipnp: Airf ti^ law do I hme. 
167 Mt aool kath kept ^teetanoraes; and I Ivre dieai ex- 




Jec 15:16 Thy wards wcR foand, and I did cat 

510 



545,546 

thgr word wa^ uato me the joy aad ra^oiciag of mine heart : Ibr 
I am called by thy name, O Loao God of bouts. 

Rook. 7:22 For I lictigiu in the law oT God, after the inward 
laaa. 



545. JZm/ joralv ere 

1 S. 12: 1 And Samoel nid imtD bB IirkL Behotd, I have 
hearkened onto yoor voice in al! diat ye aaid onto me, asd 
hare nnde a kiag over yoo. 3 Befaold, here I am : witneam 
against me bdbre die Loao, and befere ks anoinled ; wIumk 
oxiiBTe I taken? or wfiooean hare I taken? or wlifNnhave 
idcfinded? wbom have 1 ofipiened ? oroTwhoaehaadhare 
I l e teifcd amf hribe to bfind araie eyes therewith 7 and I wW 
it you. 4 And they Mid, Thoa haat nal d c frandgd ifc^ 
oi^ neither hait thoo taken aught of any bi«i^ 



Jo. 1 : 47 leans saw Xarhnirl cooung to him, and saith «t 
him. Bfrhoid an loaciila indeed, in whon ■ no gnife 1 

2 Cor. 1 : 12 For oar rejoieiagr is this, the Ir^fimnij ol* on 
c wc i c n fe, that in mapbeity and godiy meenty, not wiii 
iaAly wiiion^ bat by tha gineeorGod. w« have had oorcon^ 
■ 1 i lian in the irorld, and aMie ahondaatiy to yoo-ward. 

4:1 Ther efo i e , iwting we have thjgmjnjrtey, m we have m- 
■ncy, we &int not; 2 Bnt hnve iimmiMiil the hiddm 
of iliihit'iirj ; not waUciag in craf ttacai^ nor *■■"**■■■' 4 
thewordoTGod dee^tfifldy; bat, by BMinffratation of the truth, 
rn i m i nd ia fc ' omelvea to crevy mmafa rmmnemt m the m^ 
of God. 

SaiMt» have m meek, gentle, /hrkearimg, mad ^^iwim s 

4tpinL 

Mat. 10 : 16 Behold, I lend yno fertfi as iheep in tfw midrt 
wi wotves : be ye thmfiin win as anpeatia and harmleai aa 



1 Cor. 4 : 12 An : . i . or, wiwiiing with oor own hands. Be- 
iog re ' raecotedy we sofier it : 13 Being 

defiiingu. 

13:4 i-»i/i:. - "- f IB nnMij charity envi^^.n 

noit; charity ^ '-■' r^-ifr^.r r,p^ 7 Bearttli 

all things. ' _ —- ^^. endarpth 

althinga. 

GbL 5 : 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love joy. peace, loQg- 

511 



547, 548 SAINTS. 

Characteristics of. 



Buffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temper- 
ance : against such there is no law. 

Col. 3 : ] 2 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and be- 
loved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meek- 
ness, long-sufi'ering ; 13 Forbearing one another, and forgiv- 
ing one another, if any man have a quarrel against any : even 
as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. 

Heb. 10 : 34 For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and 
took joyfully the spoihng of your goods, knowing in yourselves 
that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance. 

Jam. 5 : 6 Ye have condemned and killed the just ; and he 
doth not resist you. 

547. Saints are self-denying and benevolent. 

Job 29 : 12 Because 1 delivered the poor that cried, and the 
fatherless, and Mm that had none to help him. 13 The bless- 
ing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : and I 
caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. 

Lk. 18 : 28 Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and fol- 
lowed thee. 

Ac. 2 : 44 And all that believed were together, and had all 
things common ; 45 And sold their possessions and goods, and 
parted them to all men, as every man had need. 

4 : 32 And the multitude of them that believed were of one 
heart, and of one soul : neither said any of them that aught of 
the things which he possessed was his own ; but they had all 
things common. 34 Neither was there any among them that 
lacked : for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold 
them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold, 
35 And laid them down at the apostles' feet : and distribution 
was made unto every man according as he had need. 

548. Saints feel their unworthiness, and desire to learn their 
guilt. 

Gen. 32 : 10 I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, 
and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant. 

Job 13:23 How many are mine iniquities and sins? make 
me to know my transgression and my sin. 

40 : 4 Behold, I am vile ; what shall I answer thee ? I will 
lay my hand upon my mouth. 

Ps. 26 : 2 Examine me, O Lord, and prove me ; try my reins 
and my heart. 
512 



s^NTs. 549^ 55Q 



Characteristics of. 



38 : 4 For mine iniquities are gone over mine head : as an 
Heavy burden they are too heavy for me. 

51 : 3 For I acknowledge my transgressions : and my sin is 
ever before me. , 

1 15 : 1 Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name 
give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake. 

139 : 23 Search me, O God, and know my heart : try me, and 
know my thoughts : 24 And see inhere be any wicked way in 
me, and lead me m the way everlasting. 

Mat. 8:8 The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not 
worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the 
word only, and my servant shall be healed. 

25: 37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord 
when saw we thee an hungered, and fed thee ? or thirsty and 
gave th^e drink ? 38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took 
thee m ? or naked, and clothed thee ? 39 Or when saw we thee 
sick, or m prison, and came unto thee ? 

Rom. 7 : 24 O wretched man that I am ! who shaU deliver 
me from the body of this death ? 

1 Cor 15 : 9 For I am the least of the apostles, tliat am not 
meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church 
ot Orod. 10 But by the grace of God I am what I am. 

Ep. 3 : 8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints 
IS this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles 
the unsearchable riches of Christ. 

Rev. 2:21 know thy works, and thy labor, and thy pa- 
tience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil ; and 
thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not; 
and hast found them liars. 

549. Saints believe in Christ, and live by faith in him. 

Gal. 2 : 20 I am crucified with Christ : nevertheless, I live • 
yet not I, but Christ liveth in me : and the life which I now 
ive m the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God, who 
loved me, and gave himself for me. 

1 Pet. 1 : 8 Whom having not seen, ye love ; in whom, 
though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy 
unspeakable, and full of glory. 

550. Saints delight in devout meditation and prayer. 

Ps. 1 : 2 But his delight is in the law of the Lohd ; and in 
his law doth he meditate day and night. 

613 



551 SAINTS. 



Characteristics of. 



Ps. 16 : 8 I have set the Lord always before me ; because 
he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. 

55 : 16 As for me, I will call upon God : and the Lord shall 

save me. 

63 : 5 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness ; 
and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips : 6 When I re- 
member thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night 

•CTT a f (* h P S 

77 : 11 I will remember the works of the Lord : surely I will 
remember thy wonders of old. 12 I will meditate also of all 
thy work, and talk of thy doings. 

119 : 23 Princes also did sit and speak against me : but thy 
servant did meditate in thy statutes. 24 Thy testimonies also 
are my dehght, and my counsellors. 48 My hands also will I 
lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved ; and I 
will meditate in thy statutes. 97 O how love I thy law ! it is 
my meditation all the day. 99 I have more understanding 
than all my teachers : for thy testimonies are my meditation. 
148 Mine eyes prevent the night-watches, that I might medi- 
tate in thy word. 

143 : 5 I remember the days of old, I meditate on all thy 
works ; I muse on the work of thy hands. 6 I stretch forth 
my hands unto thee : my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty 

land. 

Dan. 6 : 10 Now when Daniel knew that the writmg was 
signed, he went into his house ; and his windows being open 
in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees 
three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his 
God, as he did aforetime. 

551. Saints have peculiar internal peace. 

Ps. 119:165 Great peace have they which love thy law: 
and nothing shall offend them. 

Jn. 14:27 Peace 1 leave with you, my peace I give unto 
you : not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your 
heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. 

Rom. 15 : 13 Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and 
peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the 
power of the Holy Ghost. 

Gal. 5 : 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long- 
suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith. 
514 



SAINTS. 552 — 554 



Characteristics of— No reason to boast— How numerous 1 



Ph. 4:7 And the peace of God, which passeth all under- 
standing, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ 

Jesus. 

552. Saints make progress in knowledge and holiness. 

Ps. 92 : 12 The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree : 
he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. 13 Those that be 
planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of 
our God. 14 They shall still bring forth fruit in old age j they 
shall be fat and flourishing. 

Pr. 4 : 18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that 
shineth more and more unto the perfect day. 

2 Cor. 4 : 16 For which cause we faint not ; but though our 
outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by 
day. 

2 Th. 1 : 3 We are bound to thank God always for you, 
brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceed- 
ingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each 
other aboundeth. 

[For God^s delight in the saints, and favorable regard, see 
433 and 491.] 

553. Saints cannot boost as better by nature than others. 
Rom. 3 : 27 Where is boasting then ? It is excluded. By 

what law ? of works 1 Nay ; but by the law of faith. 

1 Cor. 4:7 For who maketh thee to differ from another? 
and what hast thou that thou didst not receive ? now if thou 
didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou had not re- 
ceived it ? 

Ep. 2 : 1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in tres- 
passes and sins ; 2 Wherein in time past ye walked according 
to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power 
of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of diso- 
bedience : 3 Among whom also we all had our conversation 
in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of 
the flesh and of the mind ; and were by nature the children of 
wrath, even as others. 8 For by grace are ye saved, through 
faith ; and that not of yourselves : it is the gift of God. 

554. Heal saints have been comparatively few. 

Gen. 7 : 1 And the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and 
all thy house into the ark : for thee have I seen righteous be- 
fore me in this generation. Gen. 6:11, 12. 

515 



555, 556 SAINTS — self-deception. 



Self-deception common. 



Gen. 18 : 32 And he said, Oh, let not the Lord be angry, 
and I will speak yet but this once : Perad venture ten shall be 
found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake. 

Num. 14 : 23 Surely they shall not see the land which I 
sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that pro- 
voked me see it : 24 But my servant Caleb, because he had 
another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I 
bring into the land whereinto he went ; and his seed shall pos- 
sess it. 

Mat. 7 : 14 Because, strait is the gate, and narrow is the 
way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. 

20 : 16 So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many 
be called, but few chosen. 

Lk. 12 : 32 Fear not, little flock ; for it is your Father's good 
pleasure to give you the kingdom. 

13 : 23 Then said one unto him. Lord, are there few that be 
saved 1 And he said unto them, 24 Strive to enter in at the 
strait gate : ibr many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, 
and shall not be able. 

18 : 8 I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Never- 
theless, when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on 
the earth ? 

2 Tim. 1 : 15 This thou knowest, that all they which are in 
Asia be turned away from me ; of whom are Phygellus and 
Hermogenes. 

555. Will saints he numerous 7 

Rev. 7:9 After this I beheld, and lo, a great multitude* 
which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and 
people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the 
Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands. 

[See Millennium, 387.] 

SELF-DECEPTION. 

556. Self-deception common. 

Pr. 16 : 25 There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, 
but the end thereof are the ways of death. 

30 : 12 There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, 
and yet is not washed from their filthiness. 

Mat. 7 : 22 Many will say to me in that day. Lord, Lord, 
have we not prophesied in thy name ? and in thy name have 
516 



SENSUALITY. 557 



Forbidden and reproved. 



cast out devils ? and in thy name done many wonderful works ? 
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you : de- 
part from me, ye that work iniquity. 

2 Th. 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong 
delusion, that they should believe a lie : " 12 That they all 
might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure 
in unrighteousness. [See 356, and 524.] 

SENSUALITY. 

557. Sensual indulgences forbidden and reproved. 

Is. 5 : 11 Wo unto them that rise up early in the morning, 
that they may follow strong drink ; that continue until night, 
till wine inflame them ! 12 And the harp, and the viol, the 
tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts : but they regard 
not the work of the Lord, neither consider the operation of 
his hands. 13 Therefore my people are gone into captivity, 
because they have no knowledge. 

Am. 6 : 3 Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the 
seat of violence to come near ; 4 That he upon beds of ivory, 
and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs 
out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall ; 
5 That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves 
instruments of music, like David ; 6 That drink wine in bowls, 
and anoint themselves with the chief ointments : but they are 
not grieved for the affliction of Joseph. 7 Therefore, now 
shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the 
banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed. 

Rom. 6 : 12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, 
that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof 

13: 13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day: not in rioting 
and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in 
strife and envying. 14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, 
and make not provision lor the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof. 

2 Cor. 7 : 1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, 
let us cleanse ourselves from allfilthinessof the flesh and spirit, 
perfecting holiness in the fear of God. 

Gal. 5 : 19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which 
are these, Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 
20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, 
strife, seditions, heresies, 21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, 
reveUings, and such like : of the which I tell you before, as I have 

44 517 



558 



SERVITUDE. 



Patriarchal Servants. 



also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall 
not inherit the kingdom of God. 

Tit. 2 : 11 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath 
appeared to all men, 12 Teaching us, that denying ungodli- 
ness, and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and 
godly, in this present world. 

1 Pet. 2:11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you^ as strangers 
and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the 
soul. 

1 Jn. 2 : 15 Love not the world, neither the things tfiat are in 
the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father 
is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the 
flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of 
the Father, but is of the world. 

Jam. 4 : 4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that 
the friendship of the world is enmity with God ? whosoever 
therefore will be a friend of- the world is the enemy of God. 

[See Depravity, No. 162.] 

SERVITUDE. 

558. Patriarchal servants. 

Gen. 14 : 14 And when Abram heard that his brother was 
taken captive, he armed his trained servants^ born in his own 
house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued tfiem unto 
Dan. 

17 : 12 And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised 
among you, every man-child in your generations, he that is 
born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger 
which is not of thy seed. 

24 : 2 And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his 
house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy 
hand under my thigh : 3 And I will make thee swear by the 
Lord, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou 
shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the 
Canaanites among whom I dwell : 4 But thou shalt go unto 
my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son 
Isaac. 10 And the servant took ten camels, of the camels of 
his master, and departed ; (for all the goods of his master were 
in his hand,) and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the 
city of Nahor. 

Job 1 : 3 His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and 
518 



SERVITUDE. 559 



Jewish Servants. 



three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five 
hundred she-asses, and a very great household j so that this 
man was the greatest of all the men of the east. 

31 : 13 If I did despise the cause of my man-servant or of my 
maid-servant, when they contended with me ; 14 What then 
shall I do when God riseth up ? and when he visiteth, what 
shall I answer him ? 

NATURE, EXTENT, AND REGULATIONS OP BOND-SERVICE UNDER 

THE MOSAIC CODE. 

559. Jewish servants. 

Ex. 21 : 1 Now these are the judgments which thou shalt 
set before them. 2 If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years 
he shall serve : and in the seventh he shall go out free for 
nothing. 3 If he came in by himself, he shall go out by him- 
self: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him. 
4 If his master have given him a wife, and she have borne 
him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her 
master's, and he shall go out by himself 5 And if the servant 
shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children ; 
I will not go out free : 6 Then his master shall bring him unto 
the judges : he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the 
door-post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an 
awl ; and he shall serve him for ever. 

Lev. 25 : 39 And i^ thy brother that dwelleth by thee be 
waxen poor, and be sold unto thee ; thou shalt not compel him 
to serve as a bond-servant : 40 But as an hired servant, and 
as a sojourner he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto 
the year of jubilee : 41 And then shall he depart from thee, 
both he and his children with him, and shall return unto his 
own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he re- 
turn. 42 For they are my servants which I brought forth out 
of the land of Egypt ; they shall not be sold as bond-men. 
43 Thou shalt not rule over him with rigor, but shalt fear thy 
God. 

Dt. 15 : 12 And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an He- 
brew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years ; then 
in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee. 
13 And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt 
not let him go away empty : 14 Thou shalt furnish him liber- 
ally out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy wine- 

519 



560 SERVITUDE. 



Gentile Servants. 



press : of that wherewith the Lord thy God hath blessed thee 
thou shalt give unto him. 15 And thou shalt remember that 
thou wast a bond-man in the land of Egypt, and the Lord thy 
God redeemed thee : therefore I command thee this thing to- 
day. 16 And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go 
away from thee; because he loveth thee and thine house, be- 
cause he is well with thee ; 17 Then thou shalt take an awl, 
and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be 
thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maid-servant thou 
shalt do likewise. 18 It shall not seem hafd unto thee, when 
thou sendest him away free from thee : for he hath been worth 
a double hired servant to thee, in serving thee six years : and 
the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest. 

560. Gentile servants. 

Lev, 25 : 44 Both thy bond-men, and thy bond-maids, which 
thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about 
you ; of them shall ye buy bond-men and bond-maids. 
45 Moreover, of the children of the strangers that do sojourn 
among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that 
are with you, which they begat in your land : and they shall 
be your possession. 46 And ye shall take them as an inherit- 
ance for your children after you, to inherit thein for a posses- 
sion, they shall be your bond-men for ever : but over your 
brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over an- 
other with rigor. 47 And if a sojourner or a stranger wax 
rich by thee, and thy brother that dwelleth by him wax poor, 
and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner by thee, or to 
the stock of the stranger's family : 48 After that he is sold he 
may be redeemed again ; one of his brethren may redeem him : 
49 Either his uncle, or his uncle's son may redeem him, or any 
that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him ; or 
if he be able, he may redeem himself. 50 And he shall reckon 
with him that bought him, from the year that he was sold to 
him, unto the year of jubilee: and the price of his sale shall 
be according unto the number of years, according to the time 
of an hired servant shall it be with him. 51 If there be yet 
many years behind, according unto them he shall give again the 
price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought 
for. 52 And if there remain but few years unto the year of 
jubilee, then he shall count with him, and according unto his 
520 



SERVITUDE. 561 563 



Laws to prevent Craelty— The Jubilee— Duties of Masters and Servants. 



years shall he give him again the price of his redemption. 

53 And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him : and 
the other shall not rule with rigor over him in thy sight. 

54 And if he be not redeemed in these years, then he shall go 
out in the year of jubilee, both he, and his children with him. 

55 For unto me the children of Israel are servants, they are 
my servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt : 
I am the Lord your God. 

561. Laws to prevent cruelty towards servants. 

Ex. 21 : 20 And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with 
a rod, and he die under his hand ; he shall be surely punished. 
21 Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not 
be punished : for he is his money. 26 And if a man smite the 
eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish ; he 
shall let him go free for his eye's sake. 27 And if he smite 
out his man-servant's tooth, or his maid-servant's tooth j he 
shall let him go free for his tooth's sake. 

Dt. 23 : 15 Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the ser- 
vant which is escaped from his master unto thee : 16 He shall 
dwell with thee, even among you in that place which he shall 
choose in one of thy gates where it liketh him best : thou shalt 
not oppress him. 

24 : 7 If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the 
children of Israel, and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth 
him ; then that thief shall die ; and thou shalt put evil aw^ay 
from among you. 14 Thou shalt not oppress a hired servant 
that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy 
strangers that are in thy land within thy gates : 15 At his day 
thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down 
upon it, for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it : lest he 
cry against thee unto the Lord, and it be sin unto thee. 

562. Universal freedom at the year of jubilee. 

Lev. 25 : 10 And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and pro- 
claim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants 
thereof: it shall be a jubilee unto you ; and ye shall return 
every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man 
unto his family. 

563. Apostolic precepts respecting the duties of masters and 
servants. 

Ep. 6 : 5 Servants, be obedient to them that are your mas- 

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563 SERVITUDE. 



Duties of Masters and Servants. 



ters according to the flesh, with fear and trembhng, in single- 
ness of your heart, as unto Christ ; 6 Not with eye-service, as 
men-pleasers ; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of 
God from the heart ; 7 With good will doing service, as to the 
Lord, and not to men : 8 Knowing that whatsoever good thing 
any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether 
he be bond or free. 9 And, ye masters, do the same things 
unto them, forbearing threatening : knowing that your Master 
also is in heaven j neither is there respect of persons with him. 

Col. 3 : 22 Servants, obey in all things your masters accord- 
ing to the flesh ; not with eye-service, as men-pleasers ; but in 
singleness of heart, fearing God : 23 And whatsoever ye do, 
do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men ; 24 Knowing 
that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance : 
for ye serve the Lord Christ. 

4 : 1 Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and 
equal ; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. 

1 Tim. 5 : 18 For the scripture saith. Thou shalt not muzzle 
the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The laborer is worthy 
of his reward. 

6 : 1 Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their 
own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God and 
his doctrine be not blasphemed. 2 And they that have believ- 
ing masters, let them not despise them^ because they are breth- 
ren ; but rather do them service, because they are faithful and 
beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and ex- 
hort. 3 If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to whole- 
some words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to 
the doctrine which is according to godhness, 4 He is proud, 
knowing nothing. 

Tit. 2 : 9 Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own 
masters, and to please them well in all things ; not answering 
again ; 10 Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity ; that 
they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior in all things. 

1 Pet. 2 : 18 Servants, he subject to your m.asters with all 
fear ; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the fro ward. 
19 For this is thank-worthy, if a man for conscience toward 
God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. 20 For what glory is 
itj if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it pa- 
tiently ? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it 
patiently, this is acceptable with God. 
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SERVITUDE — SLAVERY AND OPPRESSION. 564, 565 



Freedom recommended.— A Picture of Slavery and Oppression. 



564. Freedom recommended. 

1 Cor. 7 : 21 Art thou called being a servant ? care not for 
it 5 but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather. 22 For he 
that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's free- 
man : likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ's 
servant. 

Philemon 1 Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy 
our brother, unto Philemon our dearly Eeloved, and fellow- 
laborer, 10 I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have 
begotten in my bonds : 11 Which in time past was to thee un- 
profitable, but now profitable to thee and to me : 12 Whom I 
have sent again : thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own 
bowels : 13 Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy 
stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the 
gospel : 14 But without thy mind would I do nothing ; that 
thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly. 
15 For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou 
shouldest receive him for ever ; 16 Not now as a servant, but 
above a servant, a brother beloved, especially to me, but how 
much more unto thee, both in the flesh, and in the Lord ? 
20 Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord : refresh 
my bowels in the Lord. 21 Having confidence in thy obedi- 
ence I wrote unto thee, knowing that thou wilt also do more 
than I say. 

SLAVERY AND OPPRESSION. 

565. A picture of slavery and oppression. 

Ex. 3 : 9 Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of 
Israel is come unto me : and I have also seen the oppression 
wherewith the Egyptians oppress them. 

5 : 15 Then the oflicers of the children of Israel came and 
cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with 
thy servants ? 16 There is no straw given unto thy servants, 
and they say to us, Make brick : and behold, thy servants are 
beaten ; but the fault is in thine own people. 17 But he said, 
Ye are idle, ye are idle : therefore ye say. Let us go, and do 
sacrifice to the Lord. 18 Go therefore now, and work : for 
there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale 
of bricks. 19 And the officers of the children of Israel did see 

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566 SLAVERY AND OPPRESSION, 



Oppression noticed. 



that they icere in evil case^ after it was said, Ye shall not min- 
ish aught from your bricks of your daily task. 

Ps. 73 : 8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning 
oppression : they speak loftily. 

Ec. 7 : 7 Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad. 

Ezk. 22 : 27 Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves 
ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get 
dishonest gain. 28* And her prophets have daubed them with 
untempered mortar^ seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, 
saying. Thus saith the Lord God, when the Lord hath not 
spoken. 29 The people of the land have used oppression, and 
exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy : yea, 
they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully. 

Jer. 5 : 26 For among my people are found wicked men : 
they lay wait, as he that setteth snares ; they set a trap, they 
catch men. 

Joel 3 : 3 And they have cast lots for my people ; and have 
given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they 
might drink. 6 The children also of Judah and the children of 
Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might re- 
move them far from their border. 

Am. 3 : 10 For they know not to do t^ight, saith the Lord, 
who store up violence and robbery in their palaces. 

Mic. 3 : 2 Who hate the good, and love the evil ; who pluck 
off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off* their bones ; 
3 Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from 
ofl'them ; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, 
as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron. 

Nah. 3 : 1 Wo to the bloody city ! it is all full of lies and 
robbery ; the prey departeth not. 

Rev. 18 : 2 Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is be- 
come the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, 
and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. 11 And the 
merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her ; for no 
man buyeth their merchandise any more : 12 The merchandise 
of gold, and silver, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and 
chariots, and slaves, and souls of men. 

566. God's notice of oppression. 

Ex. 3 : 7 And the Lord said, I have surely seen the afflic- 
tion of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their 

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SLAVERY AND OPPRESSION, 567 



Man-stealing, &c., forbidden. 



cry by reason of their taskmasters ; for I know their sorrows : 
9 Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is 
come unto me : and I have also seen the oppression wherewith 
the Egyptians oppress them. 

Ps. 12 : 5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the 
needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord ; I will set him in safety 
from him that pufTeth at him. 

Ec. 5 : 8 If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and vio- 
lent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel 
not at the matter : for he that is higher than the highest re- 
gardeth ; and there be higher than they. 

Is. 61 : 8 For I the Lord love judgment, I hate robbery for 
burnt-offering. 

Jer. 5 : 26 For among my people are found wicked men : 
they lay wait, as he that setteth snares ; they set a trap, they 
catch men. 27 As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses 
full of deceit : therefore they are become great, and waxen 
rich. 28 They are waxen fat, they shine : yea, they overpass 
the deeds of the wicked : they judge not the cause, the cause 
of the fatherless, yet they prosper ; and the right of the needy 
do they not judge. 29 Shall I not visit for these things? saith 
the Lord : shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as 
this? 

Ezk. 22 : 12 In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood ; 
thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily 
gained of thy neighbors by extortion, and hast forgotten me, 
saith the Lord God. 13 Behold, therefore I have smitten mine 
hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy 
blood which hath been in the midst of thee. 14 Can thy heart 
endure, or can thy hands be strong, in the days that I shall 
deal with thee ? I the Lord have spoken it, and will do it. 

Jam. 5 : 4 Behold, the hire of the laborers who have reaped 
down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth ; and 
the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears 
of the Lord of Sabaoth. 

567. Divine prohibition and denunciation of man-stealing, 
cruelty, injustice, and oppression. 

Ex. 21 : 16 And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or 
if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death. 

Dt. 5 : 17 Thou shalt not kill. 18 Neither shalt thou com- 
mit adultery. 19 Neither shalt thou steal. 

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568 SLAVERY AND OPPRESSION. 

Oppression ruinous. 

Job 27 : 13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, 
and the heritage of oppressors, icTiich they shall receive of the 
Almighty. 14 If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword : 
and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread. 

Ps. 12 : 4 He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall 
save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the 
oppressor. 

Jer. 22 : 13 Wo unto him that buildeth his house by unright- 
eousness, and his chambers by wrong ; that useth his neigh- 
bor's service without wages, and giveth him not for his work. 

34 : 17 Therefore thus saith the Lord ; Ye have not heark- 
ened unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, 
and every man to his neighbor : behold, I proclaim a liberty 
for you, saith the Lord, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to 
the famine ; and I will make you to be removed into all the 
kingdoms of the earth. 

Ezk. 18 : 10 If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of 
blood, and that doeth the like to any one of these things^ 
12 Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by vio- 
lence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes 
to the idols, hath committed abomination, 13 Hath given forth 
upon usury, and hath taken increase : shall he then live ? he 
shall not live : he hath done all these abominations ; he shall 
surely die ; his blood shall be upon him. 

1 Tim. 1 : 9 Knowing this, that the law is not made for a 
righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the un- 
godly ana for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers 
of fathers, and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, 10 For 
whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, 
for men-stealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be 
any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine. 

Jam. 2:13 For he shall have judgment without mercy that 
hath shewed no mercy ; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment. 
(See Rights of Man.) 

568. Oppression ruinous to oppressors. 

Pr. 21 : 7 The robbery of the wicked shall destroy themj be- 
cause they refuse to do judgment. 

Is. 30 : 12 Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Be- 
cause ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and per- 
verseness, and stay thereon : 13 Therefore this iniquity shall 
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SLAVERY AND OPPRESSION. 569 570 

Emancipation— Duty to the Oppressed. 



be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall 
whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant. ' 

Ezk. 22 : 29 The people of the land have used oppression, 
and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy \ 
yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully. 31 There- 
fore, have I poured out mine indignation upon them ; I have 
consumed them with the fire of my wrath : their own way have 
I recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord God. 
[See Righteousness, 530 ; and Unrighteousness, 595.] 
569. Emancipating- the oppressed encouraged. 
Is. 58 : 6 Is not this the fast that I have chosen ? to loose the 
bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let 
the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke 1 7 Is it 
not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the 
poor that are cast out to thy house ? when thou seest the naked, 
that thou cover him ; and that thou hide not thyself from thine 
own flesh ? 8 Then shall thy light break forth as the morn- 
ing, and thine health shall spring forth speedily : and thy right- 
eousness shall go before thee ; the glory of the Lord shalf be 
thy rere-ward. 9 Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall 
answer ; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou 
take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth 
of the finger, and speaking vanity ; 10 And if thou draw out 
thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul ; then shall 
thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noon- 
day: 11 And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and sat- 
isfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones : and thou 
shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, 
whose waters fail not. 

570. Duty to espouse the cause of the injured and oppressed. 

Ps. 82 : 3 Defend the poor and fatherless : do justice to the 
afflicted and needy. 4 Deliver the poor and needy : rid them 
out of the hand of the wicked. 

Pr. 21 : 13 Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, 
he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard. 

24 : 11 If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto 

death, and those that are ready to be slain ; 12 If thou sayest. 

Behold, we knew it not ; doth not he that pondereth the heart 

consider it 7 and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know 

it 7 and shall not he render to every man according to his works ? 

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671 SLAVERY AND OPPRESSION. 



General Precepts. 



Pr. 31 : 8 Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such 
as are appointed to destruction. 9 Open thy mouth, judge 
righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy. 

Is. 1 : 17 Learn to do well : seek judgment relieve the op- 
pressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. 

16 : 3 Take counsel, execute judgment ; make thy shadow 
as the night in the midst of the noon-day ; hide the outcasts ; 
bewray not him that wandereth. 4 Let mine outcasts dwell 
with thee, Moab : be thou a covert to them from the face of 
the spoiler : for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceas- 
eth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land. 

Jer. 21 : 12 O house of David, thus saith the Lord ; Execute 
judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out 
of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and 
burn that none can quench it^ because of the evil of your doings. 

Heb. 13 : 3 Remember them that are in bonds, as bound 
with them ; and them which suffer adversity, as being your- 
selves also in the body. Ezk. 16 : 49. 

571. General precepts respecting the duty of man to man. 

Mai. 2: 10 Have we not all one father? hath not one God 
created us ? why do we deal treacherously every man against 
his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers ? 

Mat. 7 : 12 Therefore all things v/hatsoever ye would that 
men should do to you, do ye even so to them : for this is the 
law and the prophets. 

22 : 37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thv 
God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy 
mind. 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And 
the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thy- 
self 40 On these two commandments hang all the law and 
the prophets. 

Gal. 5 : 13 For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty ; 
only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love 
serve one another. 14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, 
even in this. Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself 15 But 
if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not 
consumed one of another. 

[See Love, 368, 369 ; Rights of Man, 531 j and Dignity of 
Man, 372.] 
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STEALING STRANGERS. 572 574 



Stealing forbidden— Punishment of.— Duty to Strangers. 



STEALING. 

572. Stealing forbidden. 

Ex. 20 : 15 Thou shalt not steal. 

Lev. 19 : 11 Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither 
lie one to another. 

Ep. 4: 2S Let him that stole, steal no more : but rather let 
him labor, working with Ms hands the thing which is good, 
that he may have to give to him that needeth. 

1 Pet. 4 : 15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as 
a thief, or as an evil-doer, or as a busybody in other men's 
matters. 

573. Punishment of stealing, 

Ex. 21 : 16 And he that stealeth a man, and eelleth him, or 
if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death. 

Jos. 7 : 11 Israel hath sinned, and they have also trans- 
gressed my covenant which I commanded them : for they have 
even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and 
dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own 
stuff. 12 Therefore the children of Israel could not stand be- 
fore their enemies, hut turned their backs before their enemies, 
because they were accursed : neither will I be with you any 
more, except ye desti-oy the accursed from among you. 24—26. 

Hos. 4 : 2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, 
and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth 
blood. 3 Therefore, shall the land mourn, and every one that 
dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, 
and with the fowls of heaven ; yea, the fishes of the sea also 
shall be taken away. 

1 Cor. 6 : 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drimkards, nor 
revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. 

STRANGERS. 

574. Duty to strangers. 

Ex. 22:21 Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress 
him : for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. 

23 : 9 Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger : for ye know 
the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land 
of Egypt. 

Lev. 19 : 10 And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither 
ehalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard ; thou shalt leave 

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575, 676 SUING — surety. 

Suing at the Law — Suretyship. 

them for the poor and stranger : I am the Lord your God. 
33 And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall 
not vex him. 34 But the stranger that dwelleth with you 
shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love 
him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I 
am the Lord your God. 

Dt. 1 : 16 And I charged your judges at that time, saying, 
Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously 
between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is 
with him. 

10 : 18 He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and 
widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and rai- 
ment. 19 Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were stran- 
gers in the land of Egypt. 

Job 31 : 32 The stranger did not lodge in the street : but I 
opened my doors to the traveller. 

Mat. 25 : 35 For I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat : 
I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink : I was a stranger, and ye 
took me in. 

Heb. 13 : 2 Be not forgetful to entertain strangers : for there- 
by some have entertained angels unawares. 

SUING. 

575. Suiiig at the law before the unjust. 

Mat. 5 : 40 And if any man will sue thee at the law, and 
take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also. 

1 Cor. 6 : 1 Dare any of you, having a matter against an- 
other, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints ? 
6 But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the 
tmbehevers. 7 Now therefore there is utterly a fault among 
you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not 
rather take wrong ? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to 
be defrauded? Pr. 19 : 11. 

SURETY. 

576. Suretyship discountenanced. 

Pr. 6 : 1 My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thon hast 
stricken thy hand with a stranger, 2 Thou art snared with the 
words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth. 
3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come 
into the hand of thy friend ; go, humble thyself, and make sure 
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ST\TEARIXG. 57^ 

Profane Swearing. 



thy friend. 4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine 
eyehds. 5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hicnr 
ter^ and as a bird from the hand of the fowler. 

11 : 15 He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: 
and he that hateth suretyship is sure. 

22 : 26 Be not thou one of them that strike hands, (rr of them 
that are sureties for debts. 27 If thou hast nothing to pay, 
why should he take away thy bed from under thee '? 

Pr. 17 : 18, and 20 : 16. 

SWEARING. 

577. Profane swearing forbidden as a heinous sin. 

Ex. 20 : 7 Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God 
in vain : for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh 
his name in vain. 

Lev. 19 : 12 And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, 
neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: lam the 
Lord. 

24 : 10 And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father 
tras an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel ; and 
this son of the Israelitish woman and a man of Israel strove to- 
gether in the camp ; 11 And the Israelitish woman's son blas- 
phemed the name of the LORD, and cursed ; and they brought 
him unto Moses : (and his mother's name was Shelomith, the 
daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan:) 12 And they put'him 
in ward, that the mind of the Lord might be shewed them. 
13 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 14 Bring forth 
him that hath cursed without the camp, and let all that heard him 
lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation 
stone him. 15 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Is- 
rael, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin. 
16 And he that blasphemeth the name of the Lord, he shall 
surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly 
stone him : as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, 
when he blasphemeth the name o/^Ae LORD^ shall be put to 
death. 

Jer. 23 : 10 For the land is full of adulterers ; for because of 
swearing the land mourneth ; the pleasant places of the wil- 
derness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is 
not right. 

Hoe. 4 : 2 By swearing, and lying and killing, and stealing, 

531 



578, 579 SWEARING. 



Rash Swesiriug exemplified. 



and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth 
blood. 3 Therefore, shall the land mourn. 

Zee. 5 : 3 Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth 
^ forth over the face of the whole earth : for every one that 
stealeth shall be cut off as on this side, according to it ; and 
every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side, accord- 
ing to it. 

Mat. 5 : 34 But 1 say unto you. Swear not at all : neither by 
heaven ; for it is God's throne : 35 Nor by the earth j for it is 
his footstool : neither by Jerusalem ; for it is the city of the 
great King : 36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because 
thou canst not make one hair white or black. 37 But let your 
communication be, Yea, yea ; Nay, nay : for whatsoever is 
more than these cometh of evil. 

Jam. 5 : 12 But above all things, ray brethren, swear not, 
neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other 
oath: but let your yea, be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye 
fall into condemnation. 

578. Examples of rash swearing. 

Mat. 14 : 6 But when Herod's birth-day was kept, the 
daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod. 
7 Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatso- 
ever she would ask. 8 And she, being before instructed of 
her mother, said. Give me here John Baptist's head in a 
charger. 9 And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the 
oath's sake, and them which sat with him at meat, he com- 
manded it to be given her. 

Ac. 23 : 12 And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded 
together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying, that 
they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. 

579. Oaths of confirmation. 

Dt. 10 : 20 Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God ; him shall 
thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his 
name. 

Ps. 15 : 1 Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle ? who 
shall dwell in thy holy hill 1 A He that sweareth to his ow?i 
hurt, and changeth not. 

Ec. 8:21 counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, 
and that in regard of the oath of God. 

Mat. 26 : 63 And the high priest answered and said unto 
532 



TEMPERANCE ^TEMPTATION. 580 581 



Temperance a Cliristian Duty.— Nature of Temptation. 



him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether 
thou be the Christ the Son of God. 64 Jesus saith unto him, 
Thou hast said. 

2 Cor. 1 : 23 Moreover, I call God for a record upon my 
soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth. 

Heb. 6 : 16 For men verily swear by the greater : and an 
oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. 17 Where- 
in God, wilhng more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of 
promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an 
oath. 

TEMPERANCE. 

580. Temperance a Christian duty. 

1 Cor. 9 : 25 And every man that striveth for the mastery 
is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corrupt- 
ible crown ; but we an incorruptible. 

Gal. 5 : 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long- 
suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temper- 
ance : against such there is no law. 24 And they that are 
Christ's have crucified the flesh, with the affections and lusts. 

Tit. 1 : 8 But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men 
sober, just, holy, temperate. ' ' 

2 Pet. ] : 5 And besides this, giving all diligence, add to 
your faith, virtue ; and to virtue, knowledge ; 6 And to knowl- 
edge, temperance ; and to temperance, patience ; and to pa- 
tience, godliness. 

[See Intemperance, 337—341 and Food, 194.] 

TEMPTATION. 
581. Temptation, in the sense of trial, common to man. 

Gen. 22 : 1 And it came to pass after these things, that God 
did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham : and he 
said, Behold, here I am. 2 And he said, Take now thy son, 
thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the 
land of Moriah ; and offer him there for a burnt-offering upon 
one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. 

Gal. 4 : 14 And my temptation which was in my flesh ye 
despised not, nor rejected ; but received me as an angel of 
God, even as Christ Jesus. 

Heb. 4:15 For we have not a high priest which cannot be 

45* 533 



582 584 TEMPTATION. 



Nature of— Watchfulness against — Divine Aid against it. 



touched with the feeling of our infirmities : but was in all 
points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. 

Jam. 1 : 2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall mto 
divers temptations ; 3 Knowing this, that the trying of your 
faith worketh patience. 

582. Temptation, in the sense of solicitation to sin, arises 
from a corrupt heart. 

Jam. 1 : 13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am 
tempted of God : for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither 
tempteth he any man : 14 But every man is tempted, when he 
is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. 15 Then, when 
lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin ; and sin, when it is 
finished, bringeth forth death. 

583. Duty to pray and watch against tempters and tempta- 
tions. 

Pr. 1 : 10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. 
11—16. 

Mat. 6: 13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us 
from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the 
glory, for ever. Amen. 

26 : 41 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation : 
the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. 

584. Believers shall he helped out of all their temptations. 

1 Cor. 10 : 13 There hath no temptation taken you but such 
as is common to man : but God is faithful, who will not suSer 
you to be tempted above that ye are able ; but will with the 
temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to 
bear it. 

2 Cor. 12 : 7 And lest I should be exalted above measure 
through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to 
me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buff'et me, 
lest I should be exalted above measure. 8 For this thing I 
besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. 
9 And he said unto me. My grace is sufficient for thee : for my 
strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore 
will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ 
may rest upon me. 

Heb. 2 : 18 For in that he himself hath suffered, being 
tempted, he is able to succor them that are tempted. 
534 



'^J^ 585—587 



2 Pet. 2 : 9 The J^ord^m^^^^th~hi^^rt^^ 

out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust un'o the dfv of 
judgment to be punished. -^ ^^ °* 

T ^''^' V; l^ ^T""'^ *^°^ ^^'^ ^^^^ the word of my patience 

come upon all tne world., to try them that dwell upon the earth. 



TIME. 

585. Time sJiort, 



1 Cor. 7 .• 29 But this I say, brethren, The time is short Tt 
remameth, that both they that have w ves, be asthoorthev 
had none; 30 And they that weep, as thoigh they wept not^ 
and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they 
that buy as though they possessed no!; 31 And tbey that use 
this world, a. not abusing it. For the fashion ofl worS 
passeth away. [See Death, 133.-) 

586. Time determines our eternal condition. 

Mat 16 : 25 For whosoever will save his life, shall lose it • 

26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world 

lor ftis soul? 27 For the Son of man shall come in the Morv 
of Ins Father, with his angels ; and then he shall reward eve y 
man accordmg to his works. [See Probation, 468.^ 

floVZ 1""" '" '™P™«<'' <»• procrastination foT'bidden. 

Job 22 : 21 Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace- 

thereby good shall come unto thee. ^ " 

Ps. 95 : 7 For he is our God; and we are the people of his 

vote" 8 Hard 7" "' 'i^ '^°'- ^"'"^^ "" ^^ ™'' "- h 
Tthe daf of te " t /"" ^T"- ^' '" '^^ P^^^ocntion, and as 
m the day of temptation m the wilderness: 9 When your fa- 
thers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work. ^ 

nofwha,?d "t ^^fof to-morrow: for thou knowest 

not what a day may brino- forth 

thf mi^ht'L^^'"?'™""'*''^ ^^"^ ^"'^''^ to do, do it with 

^l^T' r ' " "° ^"'■''' "" '^«"'=«. °o^ knowledge, nor 
wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest 

2 Cor. 6:2 (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time ac- 



588 TONGUE. 



Sins of the Tongue. 



cepted, and in the day of salvation have I succored thee : be- 
hold, now is the accepted time ; behold, now is the day of sal- 
vation.) 

Heb. 2 : 1 Therefore we ought to give the more earnest 
heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we 
should let them slip. [See Death, 139.] 

TONGUE. 

588. Vhe tongue often very injurious and mischievous. 

Ps. 52 : 2 Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs ; like a sharp razor, 
working deceitfully. 

55 : 21 The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, 
but war was in his heart : his words were softer than oil, yet 
were they drawn swords. 

57 : 4 My soul is among lions : and I lie even among them 
that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears 
and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword. 

Pr. 11 : 9 A hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neigh- 
bor : but through knowledge shall the just be delivered. 

12 : 18 There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: 
but the tongue of the wise is health. 

16 : 27 An ungodly man diggeth up evil : and in his lips 
there is as a burning fire. 28 A froward man soweth strife : 
and a whisperer separateth chief friends. 

17 : 9 He that covereth a transgression seeketh love ; but he 
that repeateth a matter, separateth very iriends. 

18 : 7 A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the 
snare of his soul. 8 The words of a tale-bearer are as 
wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly. 
21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue : and they 
that love it shall eat the fruit thereof 

25 : 18 A man that beareth false witness against his neigh- 
bor is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow. 

26 : 20 Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out : so where 
there is no tale-bearer, the strife ceaseth. 

Jer. 9 : 8 Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh 
deceit : one speaketh peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, 
but in heart he layeth his wait. 

1 Cor. 15 : 33 Be not deceived : Evil communications cor- 
rupt good manners. 
636 



TONGUE. 589 



Sins of the Tongue. 



Jam. 3 : 5 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boast- 
eth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kin- 
dleth ! 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is 
the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, 
and setteth on fire the course of nature ; and it is set on fire of 
hell. 7 For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, 
and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed, of man- 
kmd : 8 But the tongue can no man tame ; it is an unruly evil 
full of deadly poison. ' 

[See Flattery, 193 ; and Lying, 370.] 

589. Censoriousness, railing, tale-hearing, whispering, back- 
biting, slander, and other sins of the tongue forbidden. 

Lev. 19 : 16 Thou shalt not go up and down as a tale-bearer 
among thy people ; neither shalt thou stand against the blood 
of thy neighbor ; I am the Lord. 

Ps. 101 : 5 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbor, him will 
I cut off; him that hath an high look and a proud heart will 
not I suffer. 

Pr. 10 : 8 The wise in heart will receive commandments: but 
a prating fool shall fall. 

24 : 28 Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause; 
and deceive not with thy lips. 

Mat. 7 : 1 Judge not, that ye be not judged. 

Rom. 14 : 13 Let us not therefore judge one another any 
more : but judge this rather, that no man put a stumbling-block, 
or an occasion to fall in his brother's way. 

1 Cor. 5:11 But now I have written unto you not to keep 
company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or 
covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extor- 
tioner : with such a one no not to eat. 

Tit. 3 : 1 Put them in mind to be subject to principahties and 
powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work 
2 To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shew- 
ing all meekness unto all men. 

1 Pet. 3 ; 9 Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing : 
but contrariwise, blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto 
called, that ye should inherit a blessing. 

2 Pet. 2:11 Whereas angels, which are greater in power 
and might, bring not railing accusation against them before 
the Lord. 

537 



690, 591 TONGUE. 



Railing at Dignities— Bridling the Tongue. 



Jude 9 Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with 
the devil, he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring 
against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke 
thee. 

590. Railing at dignities, and reviling superiors, particularly 
forbidden. 

Ex. 22 : 28 Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the 
ruler of thy people. 

Ac. 23 : 4 And they that stood by, said, Revilest thou God's 
high priest ? 5 Then said Paul, 1 wist not, brethren, that he 
was the high priest : for it is written, Thou shalt not speak 
evil of the ruler of thy people. 

2 Pet. 2 : 9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out 
of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judg- 
ment to be punished : 10 But chiefly them that walk after the 
flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Pre- 
sumptuous are they, self-willed ; they are not afraid to speak 
evil of dignities. 11 Whereas angels, which are greater in 
power and might, bring not railing accusation against them 
before the Lord. 

Jude 8 Likewise also these flthy dreamers defile the flesh, 
despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities. 

[See Aged Persons, 8.] 

591. Bridling the tongue enjoined. 

Ps. 34 : 13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from 
speaking guile. 

39 : 1 I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with 
my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the 
wicked is before me. 

Pr. 4 : 24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and per- 
verse lips put far from thee. 

10 : 19 In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but 
he that refraineth his lips is wise. 

13 : 3 He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his hfe : but he 
that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction. 

15 : 4 A wholesome tongue is a tree of life : but perverse- 
ness therein is a breach in the spirit. 

21 : 23 Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue, keepeth 
his soul from troubles. 

Ec. 10 : 20 Curse not the king, no, not in thy thought ; and. 
538 



UNBELIEF AND ATHEISM. 59^ 



Nature, Extent, and Consequences of. 



curse not the rich in thy bed-chamber: for a bird of the air 
shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the 
matter. 

Mic. 7: 5 Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in 
a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in 
thy bosom. 

Ep, 4 : 29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your 
mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may 
mmister grace unto the hearers. 31 Let all bitterness, and 
wrath, and anger, and clamor, and evil-speaking, be put awav 
from you, with all malice. ^^ f y 

5:3 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, 

A iJf^- T^ ^^ "'"''^ ''^''^^'^ ^"'^"S^ y°^' ^« becometh saints : 
4 Neither filthines.s, nor foohsh talking, nor jesting, which are 
not convenient : but rather giving of thanks. 

Col. 3 : 8 But now ye also put off all these j anger, wrath, 
mahce, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. 

2 Tim. 2 : 16 But shun profane and vain babblings : for they 
will increase unto more ungodliness. 

Jam 1 : 26 If any man among you seem to be religious, and 
bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's 
religion is vain. 

4:11 Speak not evil one of another, brethren. 

1 Pet. 2 : 1 Wherefore, laying aside all malice, and all guile 
and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil-speakings, 2 As new- 
born babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may 
grow thereby. *' 

3 : 10 For he that will love life, and see good days, let him re- 
tram his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile. 

UNBELIEF AND ATHEISM. 

592. Nature, extent, and consequences of unbelief and Atheism. 

Ex. 5:2 Who is the Lord, that I should obey his voice ? 
Ps. 2:3 Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away 
their cords from us. 

10 : 4 God is not in all his thoughts. 11 He hath said in ^ 
his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his facej he will 
never see it. 13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God ? 
he hath said in his heart, thou wilt not require it. 

14 : 1 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. 

53W 



592 UNBELIEF AND ATHEISM. 



Nature, Extent, and Consequences of. 



They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is 
none that doeth good. 

Ps. 59 : 7 Behold, they belch out with their mouth : swords 
are in their lips : for who, say they, doth hear ? 

73 : 9 They set their mouth against the heavens, and their 
tongue walketh through the earth. 10 Therefore his people 
return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to thera. 
11 And they say. How doth God know? and is there knowl- 
edge in the Most High ? 

94 : 5 They break in pieces thy people, O Lord, and aiflict 
thy heritage. 6 They slay the widow and the stranger, and 
murder the fatherless. 7 Yet they say. The Lord shall not 
see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it. 

Is. 56 : 12 Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will 
fill ourselves with strong drink; and to-morrow shall be as this 
day, and much more abundant. 

Ezk. 8 : 12 Then said he unto me. Son of man, hast thou 
seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, 
every man in the chambers of his imagery ? lor they say, The 
Lord seeth us not ; the Lord hath forsaken the earth. 
Mk. 6 : 6 And he marvelled because of their unbehef 
16 : 14 Afterward he appeared unto the eleven, as they sat 
at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief, and hardness 
of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him 
after he was risen. 16 He that believeth and is baptized, 
shall be saved ; but he that beheveth not, shall be damned. 
Rom. 3 : 18 There is no fear of God before their eyes. 
2 Pet. 3 : 3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the 
last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, 4 And say- 
ing. Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers 
fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning 
of the creation. 

Consequences of. 

Num. 14:11 And the Lord said unto Moses, How long 
will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they 
believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among 
them? 12 I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit 
them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than 
they. 

Ps. 50 : 21 These things hast thou done, and I kept silence ; 
thou thoughest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: 
540 



UNBELIEF AND ATHEISM UNRIGHTEOUSNESS. 593 594 



Source of Unbelief.— Unrighteousness forbidden. 



hut I will reprove thee, and set them in orderbefbi?7thine eyes 
22 Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in 
pieces, and there be none to deliver. 

Zep. 1 : 12 I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish 
the men that are settled on their lees : that say in their heart 
The Lord will not do good, neither will he do evil. ' 

Jn. 3 : IS He that believeth not, is condemned already. 
36 He that believeth not the Son, shall not see hfe : but the 
wrath of God abideth on him. 

16 : 8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of 
sm, and of righteousness, and of judgment: 9 Of sin, because 
they believe not on me. 

Rom. 11 : 20 Because of unbehef they were broken off, and 
thou standest by faith. 

593. Unbelief— its source. 

Jn. 5 : 44 How can ye believe, which receive honor one of 
another, and seek not the honor that cometh from God only? 

8 : 43 Why do ye not understand my speech ? even because 
ye cannot hear my word. 

Ep 4: 18 Having the understanding darkened, being ahen- 
ated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in 
them, because of the bhndness of their heart. 

Heb. 3 : 12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you 
an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. 

UNRIGHTEOUSNESS. 

594. Unrighteousness and dishonesty forbidden. 

Lev. 19: 11 Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither 
he one to another. 13 Thou shalt not defraud thy nei<Thbor 
neither rob him : the wages of him that is hired shall not'abide 
with thee all night until the morning. 35 Ye shall do no un- 
righteousness in judgment, in mete-yard, in weight or in 
measure. ° ' 

25 : 14 And if thou sell aught unto thy neighbor, or buyest 
"'' nf fn '^^ "^i^^^°^'^ h^"d, ye shall not oppress one another. 

Ut 19: 14 Thou Shalt not remove thy neighbor's land-mark, 
which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which 
thou Shalt inherit in the land that the Lord thy God giveth 
tnee to possess it. 

25 : 13 Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights a 

46 541 



595 UNRIGHTEOUSNESS. 



Inexpedient. 



great and a small. 14 Thou shalt not have in thine house 
divers measures, a great and a small : 15 But thou shalt have 
a perfect and just weight a perfect and just measure shalt thou 
have ; that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the 
Lord thy God giveth thee. 

Dt. 27 : 17 Cursed he he that removeth his neighbor's land- 
mark : and all the people shall say, Amen. 

Ps. 82 : 2 How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the 
persons of the wicked? Selah. 

Pr. 11 : 1 A false balance is abomination to the Lord : but 
a just weight is his delight. 

1 Th. 4 : 6 That no man go beyond and defraud his brother 
in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all 
such, as we also have forewarned you and testified. 

595. Unrighteousness, extortion, f c, inexpedient, or the folly 

of sin. 

Job 21 : 17 How oft is the candle of the wicked put out ? and 
how oft Cometh their destruction upon them ? God distributeth 
sorrows in his anger. 18 They are as stubble before the wind, 
and as chaff thatlhe storm carrieth away. 19 God layethup 
his iniquity for his children : he rewardeth him, and he shall 
know it. 20 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall 
drink of the wrath of the Almighty. 

Ps. 1 : 4 The ungodly are not so : but are like the chaff which 
the wind driveth away. 5 Therefore the ungodly shall not 
stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the 
righteous. 6 For the Lord knoweth ihe way of the right- 
eous : but the way of the ungodly shall perish. 

34 : 16 The face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to 
cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. 21 Evil shall 
slay the wicked : and they that hate the righteous shall be 

desolate. 

73 : 12 Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper m the 
world. 18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places : thou 
castedst them down into destruction. 19 How are they brought 
into desolation, as in a moment ! they are utterly consumed 
with terrors. 

Pr. 3 : 33 The curse of the Lord is in the house of the 
wicked : but he blesseth the habitation of the just. 

11 : 31 Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the 
^arlh : much more the wicked and the sinner. 
542 



UNRIGHTEOUSNESS. 595 



Inexpedient. 



13:5 A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man 
IS loathsome, and cometh to shame. 15 Good understanding 
giveth favor : but the way of transgressors is hard. 

28 : 8 He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his sub- 
stance, he shall gather it for him that shall pity the poor. 

Jer. 17: 11 As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth 
them not ; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave 
them m the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool. 

22 : 17 But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy 
covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppres- 
sion, and for violence, to do it. 18 Therefore thus saith the 
Lord concerning Jehoiakira the son of Josiah king of Judah ; 
They shall not lament for him, sayiiig, Ah my brother ! or, Ah 
sister ! they shall not lament for him. saying, Ah lord ! or Ah 
his glory! 19 He shall be buried with the burial of an 'ass 
drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem. ' 

27 : 13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and 
the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Al- 
mighty. 14 If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword : 
and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread. 15 Those 
that remain of him shall be buried in death : and his widows 
shall not weep. 16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and 
prepare raiment as the clay ; 17 He may prepare it, but the 
just shall put It on, and the innocent shall divide the silver 

Ezk. 22 : i2 In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood ; 
thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast o-reedilv 
gained of thy neighbors by extortion, and hast forgotten me 
saith the Lord God. 13 Behold, therefore I have smitten mine 
hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy 
blood which hath been in the midst of thee. 14 Can thine 
heart endure, or can thine hands be strong, in the days that 1 
shall deal with thee ? I the Lord have spoken it. and will do it 
28 : 15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou 
wast created, till iniquity was found in thee. 16 By the mul- 
titude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee 
with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee 
as profane out of the mountain of God : and I will destroy thee 
O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. 

Mat. 23 : 25 Wo unto you. scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! 
Jor ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but 
within they are full of extortion -and excess. 

543 



596 WAR AND FIGHTING. 



Prevalent. 



Mk. 8 : 36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the 
whole world, and lose his own soul ? 37 Or what shall a man 
give in exchange for his soul ? 

1 Cor. 6 : 9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not in- 
herit the kingdom of God ? Be not deceived ; neither fornica- 
tors, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers 
of themselves with mankind, 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, 
nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the 
kingdom of God. 

Jam. 5 : 3 Your gold and silver is cankered ; and the rust of 
them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh 
as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last 
days. 4 Behold, the hire of the laborers who have reaped 
down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth ; 
and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the 
ears of the Lord of Sabaoth. 

2 Pet. 2 : 5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah 
the eighth persori, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the 
flood upon the world of the ungodly ; 6 And turning the cities 
of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them with an 
overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after 
should live ungodly. 

[See 77, 276, 349, and 416.] 

WAR AND FIGHTING. 

596. Prevalence of war and fighting. 

Gen. 6:11 The earth also was corrupt before God; and the 
earth was filled with violence. 

Ps. 74 : 20 Have respect unto the covenant : for the dark 
places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty. 

Pr. 12 : 6 The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for 
blood : but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them. 

Is. 1 : 15 And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide 
mine eyes from you ; yea, when ye make many prayers, I will 
not hear : your hands are full of blood. 

Ezk. 33:25 Wherefore, say unto them. Thus saith the 
Lord God ; Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes to- 
ward your idols, and shed blood : and shall ye possess the 
land ? 26 Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, 
and ye defile every one his neighbor's wife : and shall ye pos- 
sess the land ? 
544 



WAR AND FIGHTING. 597 



Sin and Folly of Warlike Passions. 



Jn. 8 ; 44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of 
your lather ye will do : he was a murderer from the becrinninff 
and abode not in the truth ; because there is no truth in him' 
When he speaketh a he, he speaketh of his own : for he is a 
har, and the father of it. 

597. Sin and folly of angry and reve^igeful passions. 

Job 5 : 2 For wrath killeth the foohsh man, and envy slaveth 
the silly one. 

Ps 37:8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not 
thyself m any wise to do evil. 

Pr. 11: 17 The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: 
but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh. 

13 : 10 Only by pride cometh contention : but with the weU- 
ad vised is wisdom. 

14: 16 A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil- but 
the fool rageth, and is confident. 17 He that is soon angry 
dealeth foohshly : and a man of wicked devices is hated, 
^y He that IS slow to wrath is of great understandino- : but he 
that IS hasty of spirit exalteth folly. 

15 : 18 A wrathful man stirreth up strife : but he that is 
slow to anger appeaseth strife. 

16 : 32 He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty • 
aiDd he that ruleth his spirit, than he that taketh a city. ' 

19 : 19 A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment : for 
11 thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again. 

20:22 Say not thou, I will recompense evil; hut wait on 
the Lord, and he shall save thee. 

22 : 24 Make no friendship with an angry man ; and with a 
furious man thou shalt not go. 

24:17 Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not 
thy heart be glad \vhen he stumbleth : 18 Lest the Lord see 
It, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him 
29 Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me : I will 
render to the man according to his work. 

25 : 28 He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city 
that is broken down, and without walls. 

_ 26 : 17 He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belong- 
ing not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears. 21 As 
coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a conten- 
tious man to kindle strife. 

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598 WAR AND FIGHTING. 



Sin, Folly, and Danger of. 



Pr. 27 : 4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who 
is able to stand before envy ? 

29 : 22 An angry man stirreth up strife and a furious man 
aboundeth in transgression. 

30 : 33 Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, 
and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood : so the for- 
cing of wrath bringeth forth strife. 

Ec. 7 : 9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry : for anger 
resteth in the bosom of fools. 

Rom. 12 : 17 Recompense to no man evil for evil. 19 Dear- 
ly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto 
wrath : for it is written. Vengeance is mine ; I will repay, saith 
the Lord. 

14 : 10 But why dost thou judge thy brother ? or why dost 
thou set at nought thy brother 1 for we shall all stand before 
the judgment-seat of Christ. 

1 Cor. 4 : 5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until 
the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things 
of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts : 
and then shall every man have praise of God. 

Ep. 4:31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clam- 
or, and evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice. 

1 Th. 5 : 14 Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that 
are unruly, comfort the feeble-minded, support the weak, be 
patient toward all men. 15 See that none render evil for evil 
unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among 
yourselves, and to all men. 

Heb. 10 : 30 For we know him that hath said, Vengeance 
belongeih unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And 
again. The Lord shall judge his people. 

"^1 Pet. 3 : 8 Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion 
one of another; love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: 
9 Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contra- 
riwise, blessing ; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye 
should inherit a blessing. 

598. Sin, f oily ^ and danger of unchristian war and fighting. 

Gen. 49 : 5 Simeon and Levi are brethren ; instruments of 

cruelty are in their habitations. 6 O my soul, come not thou 

into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honor, be not thou 

united ! for in their anger they slew a man, and in their self- 

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Sin, Folly, and Danger of. 



will they digged down a wall. 7 Cursed he their anger, for it 
was fierce : and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them 
in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel. 

Ex. 20 : 13 Thou shalt not kill. Lk. 18 : 20. 

Lev. 19 : 18 Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge 
against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy 
neighbor as thyself: I am the Lord. 

Hab. 2 : 12 Wo to him that buildeth a town with blood, and 
estabUsheth a city by iniquity ! 

Mat. 26 : 52 Then said Jesus unto him. Put up again thy 
sword into his place : for all they that take the sword, shall 
perish with the sword. 

Lk. 3 : 14 And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, say- 
ing, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do 
violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely ; and be con- 
tent with your wages. 

1 Cor. 3 : 3 For ye are yet carnal : for whereas there is 
among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not 
carnal, and walk as men ? 4 For while one saith, I am of 
Paul ; and another, I am of Apollos ; are ye not carnal ? 

Ph. 2 : 3 Let nothing be done through strife or vain-glory ; 
but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than 
themselves. 

Jam. 2 : 11 For he that said. Do not commit adultery ; said 
also, Do not kill. Now, if thoa commit no adultery, yet if thou 
kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law. 

3 : 16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion 
and every evil work. 

4 : 1 From whence come wars and fightings among you ? 
come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your mem- 
bers ? 12 There is one lawgiver, who is able to save, and to 
destroy : who art thou that judgest another ? 

FoVy and dav^er of. 

Ps. 5 : 6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing : the 
Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man. 

Pr. 17 : 14 The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out 
water : therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled ' 
with. 

18 : 6 A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth cali- 
eth for strokes. 

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Sin, Folly, and Danger of. 



Pr 29:9 If ^ wise man contendeth wirlTa foolish man, 
whellier he rage or laugh, there is no rest. 

Ezk. 25 : 12 Thus saith tlie Lord God ; Because that Edom 
hath dealt agamst the hou.e of Judah by taking vengeance, 

?Q ri! F^^^^ °^^"^^^' ^"^ revenged himself upon them 
13 Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; I will also stretch out 
my hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it • 
and I will make it desolate from Teman ; and they of Dedan 
s^liall fall by the sword. 14 And I will lay my vengeance upon 
^dom by the hand of my people Israel : and they shall do in 
Edom according to mine anger and according to my fury; 
and they shall know my vengeance, saith the Lord God. 

35 : 5 Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast 
shed the blood of the children of Israel by the force of the 
sword in the time of their calamity, in the time that their ini- 
quity had an end : 6 Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord God 
I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee :' 
since thou hast not hated blood, even blood shall pursue thee. 
Hos. 4:2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, 
and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth 
blood. 3 Therefore, shall the land mourn, and every one that 
dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, 
and with the fowls of heaven ; yea, the fishes of the sea also 
shall be taken away. 

Am. 1 : 11 Thus saith the Lord ; For three transgressions 
of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment 
thereof: because he did pursue his brother with the sword, 
and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually^ 
and he kept his wrath for ever. 

Rom. 2 : 8 But unto them that are contentious, and do not 
obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness: indignation and 
wrath, 9 Tribulation and anguish ; upon every soul of man 
that doeth evil: of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile. 

Gal. 5 : 15 But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed 
that ye be not consumed one of another. 

1 Jn. 3:15 Whosoever hateth his brother, is a murderer: 
and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. 

Rev. 13:10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into 
captivity : he that killeth with the sword, must be killed with 
the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints. 

21:8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, 
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How to treat Enemies, aud to prevent War. 



and ^^^derers and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, 
and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burneth 
with fire and brimstone : which is the second death. 

599. How to treat enemies, and to prevent war and fighting. 

rlw^.li ^'^2 7'T '^ ^^^ ^°''°' ^"^ ^° ^^^dj ^^ «halt thou 
dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. 

Pr. 10 : 12 Hatred stirreth up strifes : but love covereth all 
Sins* 

16 : 7 When a man's ways please (he Lord, he makefh 
even his enemies to be at peace with him. 

18 : 24 A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly ■ 
and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. ' 

J • 3 / « an honor for a man to cease from strife : but 
every fool will be meddling. 

25 : 15 By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft 
tongue breaketh the bone. 21 If thine enemy be hungry, give 

thTLf sfal'l :e"het^='''^"^'^°^'^^ "^°" '^'^ ^^^'' ^^ 

tur'n aLy^rarh""'" '""^ ' ^''^ '"'" ^ '^'^ ■ ""' "^ ^ 
Mat. 5:38 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye 
fo an eye, and a tooth for a tooth. 39 But I say unto you 
Tnat ye resist not evil : but whosoever shall smite Siee on thv 
right cheek, turn to him the other also. 40 And if any man 
r4'ci::kl?' ;'l«. . aw and take away thy coat, let him^r 
my cloak also. 43 Ye have heard that it hath been said Thou 
Shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy: 44 But I sav 
unto yot. Love your enemies, bless them thlt curse you do 
good to them that hate you, and pray for them which de piti- 
fully use you, and persecute yon ; 45 That ye may be he 
children of your Father which is in heaven : for he makl 
his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeAra n 
on the jnst and on the unjust. 46 For if y'e love them whTch 

Lk. 6 : 30 Give to every man that askef h of thee • and nf b I™ 

yeltt '"'' '""Vr"'' ^^^ '*- -' aga'r 35 But ,0™ 
L^n , r ' '""^ ^° -°°^' ^"'' '^d, hoping for nothing 
agam ; and your reward shall be great, and ye shfll be the cM 



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dren of the Highest : for he is kind unto the unthankful and to 
the evil. 36 Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is 
merciful. 37 Judge not, and ye shall not be judged : condemn 
not, and ye shall not be condemned : forgive, and ye shall be 
forgiven. 

Rom. 12 : 14 Bless them which persecute you : bless, and 
curse not. 20 Therefore, if thine enemy hunger, feed him ; if 
he thirst, give him drink : for in so doing thou shalt heap coals 
of fire on his head. 21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome 
evU with good. [See 196, 198, 386, 428, 429, 546.] 

WATCHFULNESS. 

600. Watchfulness and fighting the good fight of faith re- 
quired. 

Ps. 39 : 1 I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not 
with my tongue : I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while 
the wicked is before me. 

Mat. 26 : 41 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temp- 
tation : the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. Mk. 

14 : 38. 

Mk. 13 : 33 Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not 
when the time is. 34 For the Son of man is as a man taking 
a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his 
servants, and to every man his work; and commanded the 
porter to watch. 35 Watch ye therefore : for ye know not 
when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, 
or at the cock-crowing, or in the morning: 36 Lest coming 
suddenly, he find you sleeping. 37 And what I say unto you, 
I say unto all. Watch. 

Lk. 12 : 37 Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when 
he cometh shall find watching : verily, I say unto you, that he 
shall ffird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and 
will come forth and serve them. 

1 Cor. 10 : 12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth, 

take heed lest he fall. 

16 : 13 Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, 

be strong. 

Ep. 5:15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as 
fools, but as wise, 16 Redeeming the time, because the days 

are evil. 

6 : 10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in 

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the power of his might. 11 Put on the whole armor of God, 
that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 

Ph. 1 : 27 Only let your conversation be as it becometh the 
gospel of Christ : that whether 1 come and see you, or else be 
absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one 
spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gos- 
pel ; 28 And in nothing terrified by your adversaries : which 
is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salva- 
tion, and that of God. 

1 Th. 5 : 6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others ; but let 
us watch and be sober. 

1 Tim. 6 : 12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eter- 
nal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a 
good profession before many witnesses. 

2 Tim. 2 : 3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good sol- 
dier of Jesus Christ. 

4 : 5 But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the 
work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry. 

1 Pet. 4:7 But the end of all things is at hand: be ye 
therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. 

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